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Part 8, 1852, two plates, 5s. 0d—to members 3s. Od. The Journal of Proceedings of the Society, containing Abstracts of the Papers read, &c., is printed for gratuitous distribution among the Members; and for sale to the public, price 1s. per sheet. CONTENTS. PAGE feaecis af the socictn <3 0s). 25 all Sous Qa aa Ree rGh tee REATSARTIOLA, cick | «| (2 sei toy 04S a Sie Wyss 4h eke Banlenntan ofthe Platese ain //c05) 2 A 40s aye aie oe Se Addenda et Corrigenda. . . . . : ; br et Additions to the ad from Ist January, 1850, to 31st Tesanden UE) ee ee ae ; eas ny pail Additions to the Colleotions ie 1st January, 1850, to 31st December USSU e's. os) : = 8) Sel By-Laws of the Sosiety, se ia eee at a Special Geil Meeting held on the Ist September, 1851 . . . . . . .. I List of Members, December 31st, 1850. . . . : Ro een Ga el Journal of Proceedings from January, 1850, to January, 1852. . . i Redes a te ee. eT ers en 2 CEs MEMOIRS. I. Description of a new Hemipterous Insect from Boutan re 4-punctata). By W.S. Datxas, Esq., F.L.S. . . . . . 1 II. Notice of some Hemiptera from Boutan. By W. S. aie ine Dea See gua) ee aif ek GM Ells sbem is! aiikay ieee. ty aimee III. On two Subgenera of Ichneumons. By Tuomas Desvienes, Esq. 12 IV. On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller—(con- tinmmea ye Bye... W..Dovaras, Esq. 0 5), sete ye, ge elt V. On Elachista eratella, Zeller, and several Species with which it is likely to be confounded. By H. T. Staryron, Esq. . . . 21 VI. On the Genus Micropteryx of Zeller. By H. T. Stainton, Esq. 26 VII. Descriptions of two new Species of Exotic Hymenoptera. By Ge Ona a 2 ee ae i ae erik. eR A era em a vi VEIT. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. CONTENTS. PAGE Descriptions of two new Strepsipterous Insects, parasitical on Bees of the Genus Hyleus; with some Account of their Habits and Metamorphoses. By S. S. Saunpers, Esq.. . 42 . On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller—(con- tinued). “By J..W. Dowawas, Msg: 3. 5 > ~. 20 se EO . Descriptions of some new Hymenoptera from Epirus. By B/ ORSAUNDERS, Hage. 0. 0. G3). Bo eee . On various Australian ere Beetles. a W.W.SaunpDERS, i ee ie Pe a ra 76 - On Ornix Meleagr een and i its Allies; a Gets of , Lepi- dopiera, Family Tineide. By H. T. Sratnton, Esq.. . . 86 Descriptions of new Butterflies, and Remarks on the Sexes of some Papilio. By W. C. Hewirson, Esq. . . . . . 97 On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller—(con- tinued). ‘By J: W. Dovetas, Esq. 0. « 2 5. + » « 1» 101 Note on the British Species belonging to the Genus Acantho- soma, Curtis. By W.S. Datras, Esq., F.L.S.. . . . . 109 On Gracilaria, a Genus of Tineide. By H. T. Stainton, Biss OFF SR NS, Se aT eho thet a eee Specimen Faune Subterranee ; being a Contribution towards the Subterranean Fauna. By J.C. Scutopre. Translated from the Danish by N. Poo M:..& Ph.D jaF 2 Ras; MEMS ig EC ss RD ee ts et Mrs "134 On Insects injurious to eS Cotton Plant. By Wes DAUNHENS, JEat., Bioline veils Sa et es ee . . 158 Descriptions of three new Genera of Exotic Canes es D-Aore eer OOD, Hag. Pobses . \.) <) 6 eo = fs) Ce een On the Papilio Telamon of Donovan; with Descriptions of two other Eastern Butterflies. big J..0. ee Esq,., Wes. ve +2. betes Bid ; ‘aod fe On the Nest of Polistes Lanio, Fab.; and on the Nest of a Social Wasp. By F. Smiru, Esq.. . . . ot 0 fi Saas Notes on the Habits of Australian Hymenoptera. By F. Smiru, AGEN 6 ih cee) PVE ee SEY ele Ys 012.91 erelakeioka[nieainiaiutenetetters 84 2 ATTA OTN “OS OOo Ob ears Cellos sda dtdss - 84 3. Orederes humeralis ........+++- sd atacioougeaeds ~ SL Te ELOCLOPEISICONCOLOR ae icieyeeisieg «1+ er eicre Shela e eictaroelevenets 79 5. Enchoptera nigricornis .......+...2++0e §cbocoee. v/T7i Gap Macromeseatliswn as) sees sicie s(e)-is1e ol steele = PSO CRS ICO. = ao 7. Enchoptera apicalis...... Sedge do Lodo ooo se does 77 8. Macrones rufus ».sccevssncesecevscescoecs Sugg. he 1 fe en Un-ochela: 4-qurn chate © ctste's:s's/s actovaisie Se ieie siete elaine 2. Nematopus serripes ........+- siakotalebenstaye keerstsrete Bee! Hafele LOLYAB CNIS If LALOUNEST are atalelel sin elaleinlejoiey eral atereieletsterale «=~ 26 Ae Aaa IGE LOT ODSCUNIUS nlotaletaldle aieleicie! «faire sratatststeicietctstts 7 ee AN LUSINPOTLCOLUIS sTalejatete) ele! sveksia)=iaiclel siofeisisialsiaistet iste So Peake 6. Ranatra pilipes .........44- Grsdaguoc dans & III. V4.0 Micropterusa! Calthellars « «aisi«s sis/s so ciekvinleteteire ieee 28 5—6. a Ep pel lavane e) eee 75 3. af fo Qi vie! vis) efajshatelnrsiniarelere sre /aioman died 4, » Eumenoides 9 sccsccrcsvsscsoesove 70 Parte. VII. VIII. IX. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. EXPLANATION 2. Fic. 1. Megalryra mutilis .....- > 2. Anurophorus stillicidit ....... 3. Stalita tenaria ”» asa XVIs\ ss ” ” ” 3? ”? ” ” ” ”? sh xxi: 5 Fe ECIRS Ipsos. read Pi Te? 5, for “‘ nassatus,” read ‘ nasutus ;” and for ‘ 1850,” read ‘ 1838.” 28, for “ farinata,” read “‘ farinato.” 19, for “ inform,” read “ informs.” 18, for “ teniaria,” read ‘ tenaria.” 42, after ‘ results,” insert “ only.” 36, for “to,” read “ in.” Myf Ole Sane Ula see A (oir a bac ris SOT we 11, after “ fly,” insert ‘* with a like result.” 2, for ‘‘knat,” read “ gnat.” JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. . line 24, for ‘‘ banchseite,”’ read ‘‘ bauchseite.” 5, after ‘* bifractella,” read ‘ (Tis.)” 18, for ‘‘ Ctenostoma,” read “* Cemiostoma.” 5, for ‘ retiella,” read “ reticella.” 11, for ‘ Saville,” read * Serville.” 42, after “ albidis,”’ insert ‘ posticé.” 45 and 46, for “‘ Parameria, Savigny,” read ‘‘ Pseudomeria, S. S. Saunders.” 31, for “ February,” read “ March.” 40, for ‘* Blackwell,” read ‘* Blackwall.” ithe itoiade ek 4 Os anh » ) ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY FROM THE Ist JANUARY, 1850, TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1851. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Feb. 1850. Atheneum. 1850 and 1851. Berichte des Lepidopterologischen Tauschvereins. Jena, 1842-7. Bevan, E., Hints on the History and Management of the Honey Bee. Boheman, Insecta Caffrarie. Pars 1, fasc. 2.—Coleoptera. Do. Monographia Cassididarum. Tome 1. Catalogue of Mammalia in Collection of Hon. East India Company. Charpentier, Libelluline Europe descripte ac depicte. Do. Orthoptera descripta et depicta. Curtis, J., Descriptions of Insects brought home by Commander J. C. Ross. De Haan, Fauna Japonica.—Crustacea. Doubleday, H., Synonymie List of British Lepidoptera. Docte, Henry Le, Exposé Générale de l’Agriculture Luxembourgeoise. Do. Histoire Générale des Polypes composés, d’Eau douce. Ducpetiaux, E., Mémoire sur la Paupérisme dans les Flandres. Dumeril, Rapport sur les Essais de M. G. Méneville sur les Vers-a-Soie. Eenens, A., Mémoire de Fertilisation des Landes de la Campine et des Dunes, Fitch, A., The American Currant Moth. Do. Catalogue of Homopterous Insects in State Cabinet, New York. Do. On the Hessian Fly. Forster, Arnold, Hymenopterologische Studien. Gemminger, Max., Systematische Uebersicht der Kafer um Munchen. Gray, G. R., Descriptions and Figures of new Lepidoptera from Nepaul. Guerin Méneville, Analyse des Expérimens sur ]a Muscardine. Do. Enumération des Insectes qui consomment les Tabacs. Do. Essai sur les Insectes utiles et nuisibles. Do. Essai sur les Maladies des Vers-a-Soie. Do. Extrait des Matériaux recueillis pendant la Campagne sérici- cole de 1850. Do. Insectes nuisibles aux Récoltes. Gutch, J. W. G., Literary and Scientific Register. 1850. Herklots, J. A., Additamenta ad Faunam Carcinocologicam Africe Occidentalis. XIV ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. Insecta Saundersiana. Diptera, Parts 1—2. Isis von Oken. Heft. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 1]. Kolenati, F. A., Melitemata Entomologica. Fase. 1. Le Conte, Dr. J. L., on the Pselaphide of the United States. Do. Synopsis of the Clerid@ of the United States. Literary Gazette. January, February, November and December, 1851. Macquart, J., Diptéres Exotiques, Suppl. Mannerheim, Le Comte, Notice Biographique sur M.C. J. Schonherr. Maury, Lieut., Investigations of the Winds and Currents of the Sea. Meigen, J. W., Systematische Beschreibung Zweigelflugeligen Insekten, Vol. vii. Mulsant, Rey and Wachanru, Descriptions of three new Coleopterous Insects. Observations des Phénoménes Periodiques. On the probable Relation between Magnetism and the Circulation of the Atmosphere. Plomley, F., Lectures on Blights. Roth, J. R., Diagnosen neuer Coleoptera aus Abyssinien. Schaum, Dr., On the Fulgorelle. Do. Bericht uber die Leistungen in der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1848. Schiodte, Specimen Faune Subterranez. Do. Omen afvigende Slegt af Spindlernes Orden. Selys-Longchamps, Revue des Odonates ou Libellules de 1’Europe. Separat-Abdruck der Zeitschrift der Entomol. Gessellschaft zu Breslau. SocIETIES—ANNALES, MEMOIRES, TRANSACTIONS, &c. Academia Real de Ciencias de Madrid. Tome 1, part 1. Académie Royale de Belgique. Tome 23—25. des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Artsde Lyon. 1848—50. Akademie Konigliche de Wissenschaften, Bulletin, No. 1—33. Konigliche Bayerischen. Band v. pt. 2—3, abth. 1. Band vi. abth. 1. Association, American, for Advancement of Science. Aug. 1850. Institution, Smithsonian, Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. 2. ——_——_—__——_ Reports to the. Lyceum of Natural History, New York. Vol.5. Nos. 2 and 3. Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Geneve. Tom. 12, pt. 2. des Sciences, &c. de Lille. 1842—49. Entomologique de France. 1848—60. ——— Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 1847—850. ——— Linnéenne de Lyon. 1847—49. Royale des Sciences de Liege. Tome 6. Society, Berwickshire Naturalists’ Field Club. Vol. 3, No, 1. ——— Boston Natural History. Journal, Vol. 6, Nos. 1, 2. ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY, XV Socrerres—Annates, Memorres, Transactions, &c.—continued. Society, Leeds, Philosophical and Literary Reports, 1847—50. ——— Linnean, Transactions. Vol. 20, part3. —— ,, Proceedings of. 1847—49, pp. 341—401. ——— Liverpool Literary and Philosophical. No. 6. ——— Microscopical. Vol. 3, parts 1 and 2. ——— Munich, Nat. Hist. Soc. Statuten, &c. der. No. 1. —-— Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines in Halle, Jahresbericht. 1849-50. ——— Nederlandsche Entomologische Vereeniging, Verslag de Zesde Ver- dagering. —-— Royal. 1848, 1849, 1850. —-— Royal Agricultural. Vol. 10, part2; Vol. 11, part 2; Vol. 12, part 1. ——-— Silesian Soc. Nat. Hist., Bericht, 1850. ——— Stettin Entomologische Zeitung. 1850—S1. ——— ,,_ Linnea Entomologica. Vols. 4, 5. —— Zoological. Vol. 4, part 1. -— — Zoologisch-Mineralogischen Vereins zu Regensberg, Abhandlungen der. Stainton, H. T., Entomologist’s Companion. op Supplementary Catalogue of British Tineide (2 copies). Stephens, J. F., List of British Lepidoptera in British Museum. Stevens, S., Directions for collecting and preserving Specimens of Natural History in tropical Climates. Verloren, H., Catalogus Systematicus ad Cramerum. Villa Antonio, Degli Insetti Carnivori adoperati a distruggere le Specie dannose all’ Agricultura. * Osservazioni Entomologique durante l’Eclisse de 9 Oct. 1847. Westwood, J.O., Monograph of African Saturnia, &c. Wild, J. J., A Letter to Lord Brougham on the Scientific Exploration of Egypt and Ethiopia. Zoologist, 1850 and 1851. Zuchold, E. A., Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis et Physico-Chemica, 1851. CA-xv1. 2) ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS FROM THE Isr JANUARY, 1850, TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1851. Mr. S. Stevens .... Apion Sedi. Mr. Gould ........Bombi impaled (4). Mr. Brown ........ Cecidomyia Tritici, &c. Mr. H. Cooke...... Cheimatobia boreata. Mr. Foxcroft ...... Chrysomela cerealis (2). ie eS COtt aevsletciel-r Coleoptera, five foreign species. Mr. Golding ...... Honeycomb in which a queen bee was reared from worker brood. Mr. H. W. Newman. Hornet’s nest. MIR IDEVZI Ty 54 50qG0¢ Insects, a box of, from Demerara. Mr. Rooper.....-. - Do. do. Cape of Good Hope. Mr. R.H. Spence .- Do. two boxes of, from Baltimore, United States. M.de Gand........ Do. a box of Brazilian Hemiptera. M.J.C. Bowring .. Do. asmall collection from Hong Kong. Mr. Grant ........ Do. Indian (in 12 cases). Mr. Mansell ...... Do. Abyssinian (2). Mr. F. Smith ...... Do. Hymenoptera (British). Mr. Young ........ Do. Coleoptera (British). Mr. F. Cox ......,.. Do. Tasmanian, a box of. Mrs Bond «(0 \../ 5:0 «6 Lepidoptera, a collection of British. Mr. Barlow ........ Do. do. Mr. Douglas .....-. Do. do. Mr. Doubleday .... Do. do. Mrs. Vines ....-.-.. Do. do. Mr. Grant ........ Do. do. Mr. Allis .......-.. Do. do. Mr. S.S. Saunders .. Myrmosa nigriceps, @. Mr. S. Stevens...... Pogonus Burrellii. Rev. C. Kuper .... Pterostichus oblongo-punctatus (6). Mr. S. S. Saunders . . Pupe of an Odynerus and Hyleus from brambles. Mr. S. S. Saunders .. Raphiglossa Eumenoides and R. Odyneroides. Mr. S. S. Saunders .. Scleroderma cylindrica and S. pedunculata. Mr. Lubbock ......Sirex duplex. Mr. Meade ...:...- Theridion variegatum, nest of. BY-LAWS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, ALTERED AND ADOPTED AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON THE Ist SEPTEMBER, 1851. Cuap. I. Object. THE Entomotocicat Society or Lonpon is instituted for the improvement and diffusion of Entomological Science. Cuap. IL. Constitution. The Society consists of British and Foreign Ordinary Members and Subscribers, the number of whom shall be unlimited; of Foreign Honorary Members, whose number shall not exceed ten ; of Foreign Corresponding Members, the number of whom shall be unlimited ; and of English Associates, the number of whom shall not exceed ten. Cuap. III. Management. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Council, con- sisting of thirteen Members, to be chosen annually (five of whom shall form a quorum), four of whom shall not be re-eligible for the following year. Cuap. IV. Officers. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President; three Vice-Presidents; a Treasurer; two Secretaries; and a Curator. Cuap. V. Annual Election of Officers. 1. The President, Treasurer and Secretaries shall be elected annually out of the Council. The Vice-Presidents shall be nomi- nated by the President, at the Meeting next after the Anniversary B 2 BY-LAWS. Meeting, from the Council. The President and two of the Vice- Presidents shall not, however, remain in office more than two years successively. The Curator shall be appointed by the Council. 2. In the event of any vacancy occurring in the Council or Officers of the Society, at the next Meeting of Council after such vacancy has been made known, the Council shall recommend to the Society the name of some Member to be elected to the vacant situation; and the next Ordinary Meeting of the Society shall be made a Special General Meeting and the Members summoned accordingly, and the Election shall take place as provided for at the Anniversary Meeting, Chap. XX. Cuap. VI. President. The duty of the President shall be to preside at the Meetings of the Society and Council, and regulate all the discussions therein, and to execute, or see to the execution of, the By-Laws and orders of the Society. Cuap. VII. Vice-Presidents. 1. In case of the absence of the President, it shall be the duty of a Vice-President to fill his place, or, in the absence of all the Vice- Presidents, a Member of the Council shall preside. 2. If no Member of the Council shall be present at any Ordinary Meeting, the Members present shall nominate and appoint by a majority to be Chairman such Member as they shall deem fit. 3. The Chairman so appointed shall for the time being have all the authority, privilege and power of President. Cuap. VIII. Treasurer. 1. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive for the use of the Society all sums of money payable to the Society, and to dis- burse all sums payable by the Society out of the funds in his hands. " 2. No payment exceeding £5, excepting for rent or taxes, shall be made by the Treasurer without the consent of the Council. 3. The Treasurer shall keep a book of Cheque Receipts for admission fees and annual payments; each receipt shall be signed by himself, the date of payment and name of Member or Subscriber paying being written both on the receipt and on the part of the cheque which is left in the book. BY-LAWS. 3 4, The Treasurer shall demand all arrears of annual payment, after such payment shall have been due three months. 5. The Treasurer shall, moreover, furnish the Auditors with a detailed account of all receipts and disbursements up to the 31st December, previous to each Anniversary. The accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited annually previously to the Anniversary Meeting by a Committee of three Members of Council, and three Members of the Society, to be appointed by the President at the Ordinary first Meeting in January, of which Committee three shall be a quorum. Cuap. IX. Secretaries. 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretaries to keep a list of all the Members, Subscribers, and Associates of the Society, together with their addresses; to produce to the Council all correspondence in any way connected with the Society at the next Meeting after such correspondence shall have been received, or taken place ; to edit the Transactions and Proceedings under the direction of the Council, and to take care that the Proceedings are published and ready for delivery to the Members and Subscribers at a Meeting of the Society within six months after the entry of such Proceedings in the Minute Book has been confirmed. 2. Minutes of the Proceedings of Monthly and Council Meetings shall be taken by one of the Secretaries; or, in their absence, by any Member whom the Chairman may appoint for the occasion. 3. The Minutes shall be fairly copied by one of the Secretaries into a Minute Book, and at the next Meeting read aloud for con- firmation. Cuap. X. Curator. It shall be the duty of the Curator to take care of the Library and Cabinets of the Society; * to arrange and class the insects, &c.; to keep a Catalogue of the Library ; and to call in all books borrowed, as directed in Sect. 5, Chap. XI. Cuap. XI. Library and Cabinet Regulations. 1. A Catalogue of the Library and MSS. shall be kept by the Curator, with the names of the Donors. * The Curator is in attendance at the Rooms of the Society every Monday between the hours of Two and Seven o’clock, p.m., for the purpose of showing the Collections, &c. to Members and Subscribers. B2 4 BY-LAWS. 2. The Library and Cabinets shall be under the superintendence of a Committee, consisting of the President and four Members, who shall be elected by the Council at the first Meeting in February in every year (three of whom shall be a quorum), and who shall render an Annual Report to the Council at the first Meeting in the following January. 3. No Member or Subscriber shall, without special permission of the Council, be allowed to borrow or have in his possession from the Library more than four volumes at one time, or to retain the same longer than one month, without leave of the Curator. 4. If the books are torn, injured, lost, or not forthcoming when demanded by the Curator, full compensation shall be made for the same by the borrower. 5. The Curator shall call in all books borrowed from the Library on the 5th day of January and 5th of July in every year; and in case the same be not returned on or before the General Meeting of the Society in the following month, notice thereof shall be given by him to the Council, who shall then direct a second notice to be sent to the Member or Subscriber retaining such books, and in case the same be not returned within the further space of four weeks from the date of such second notice so sent, such Member or Subscriber shall in future be disqualified from borrowing books from the Library without the special permission of the Council. 6. All Members of and Subscribers to the Society shall have free access to the Library and Cabinets, at the time specified in the By-Laws, for the purpose of examination and description, and shall be allowed, with the permission of the Council, to borrow specimens from the collections for such purposes; excepting that if a Member, Subscriber or Stranger present specimens of new insects to the Society with manuscript names attached, specifying his intention of publishing the same, then no individual, whether Member, Subscriber or Stranger, shall during the space of twelve months publish any description or figure of such specimen. 7. No Stranger shall be allowed to see the Library or Cabinets unless introduced by a Member or Subscriber ; but a note addressed to the Curator or Secretary shall be deemed a sufficient intro- duction. 8. No Stranger shall be permitted to take away or to describe any insect, or to make a drawing of the same, except by special permission of the Council previously obtained. BY-LAWS. 5 Cuap. XII. Election and Admission of Members and Subscribers. 1, Every Candidate for admission into the Society shall be pro- posed by three or more Members, who must sign a Certificate in recommendation of him. 2. The Certificate shall specify the name, and usual place of resi- dence of the Candidate. , 3. The Certificate fora Member, having been read at one of the Ordinary Meetings, shall be suspended in the room, read again at the following Ordinary Meeting, and the person therein recom- mended shall be balloted for at the next Ordinary Meeting. 4. The Certificate for a Subscriber, having been read at one of the Ordinary Meetings, shall be suspended in the Room, and the person therein recommended shall be balloted for at the next Ordi- nary Meeting after such reading. 5. The Certificate for an Associate shall be subject to the ap- proval of the Council, and shall be subject to the same regulations as adopted for a Member. 6. The method of voting for the election of Members and Sub- scribers shall be by Ballot, and two-thirds of the Members balloting shall elect. 7. The Elections of Ordinary Members shall be void unless the admission fee shall be paid within twelve months after the date of their Election ; the Council shall, however, possess a discretionary power to extend the time of payment. 8. Members and Subscribers shall sign the Obligation Book of the Society at the first Ordinary Meeting of the Society at which they are present, and shall then be admitted by the President. Cuap. XIII. Admission Fee and Annual Contribution. 1. The Admission Fee for Members shall be £2: 2s., the Annual Contribution £1: 1s. 2. The Annual Contribution for Subscribers is £1: 1s., without Admission Fee. 3. The composition in lieu of the Annual Contribution is £15:15s.; the composition for Members and Subscribers elected previous to the Ist January, 1852, is £10: 10s. 4. The Annual Contribution shall become due on the first day of January in every year in advance ; but any Member or Subscriber elected after the 30th of September will not be called upon for his subscription for the remaining portion of that year. BS 6 BY-LAWS. Cuap. XIV. Withdrawing and Removal of Members and Subscribers. 1. Every Member or Subscriber, having paid all fees due to the Society, shall be at liberty to withdraw therefrom upon giving notice in writing to the Secretary. 2. Whenever written notice of a motion shall be delivered to the Secretary for removing any Member, Subscriber, or Associate, signed by the Chairman for the time being on the part of the Council or by five or more Members, such notice shall be read from the chair at the two Ordinary General Meetings immediately following the delivery thereof, and the next following Ordinary Meeting shall be made a Special General Meeting and the Mem- bers summoned accordingly, when such Motion shall be taken into consideration and decided by ballot; whereat if a majority of the Members balloting shall vote that such Member, Subscriber or Associate be removed, he shall be removed from the Society. 3. Whenever any Ordinary Member of the Society shall be in arrear for three years in the payment of his Annual Contribution, notice thereof in writing shall be given or sent to him by the Trea- surer, together with a copy of this section; and in case the same shall still remain unpaid, the Treasurer shall give notice thereof to the Council, who shall cause the name of such Member, together with a statement of the sum due by him for arrears, to be read at the three following Ordinary Meetings of the Society, after the last of which a second similar notice shall be sent to him, and at the fourth Ordinary Meeting such Member of the Society shall be re- moved, and the President shall erase his name from the List of Members. 4. Whenever the Annual Contribution of a Subscriber shall be in arrear one year, such Subscriber shall have his name erased from the List of Subscribers and cease to belong to the Society. Cuap. XV. Privileges of Members and Subscribers. 1. The Members have the right to be present, to state their opinion and to vote at all Meetings; to propose Candidates for admission into the Society; to introduce Visitors at general Meet- ings of the Society, and to introduce scientific Strangers to the Library and Museum; to purchase the Transactions of the Society at reduced prices, and to have personal access to the Library and Museum. BY-LAWS. fe 2. No Member to introduce more than one Visitor. 3. Ordinary Members of the Society resident more than fifteen miles from London shall be entitled to receive the Transactions gratuitously when their Annual Contribution has been paid. 4. All the Honorary and Ordinary Members are eligible to any office in the Society, the latter provided they are not more than one year in arrear in the payment of the Annual Subscription. 5. No Member shall be entitled to vote on any occasion until he shall have paid his subscription for the year last past. 6. Subscribers enjoy all the privileges of Members excepting those of voting at the Meetings, holding office in the Society, and proposing Candidates. 7. Subscribers have no claim upon or interest in the property of the Society. 8. Associates shall have the right to be present at the Meetings, and to have personal access to the Library and Collections. Cuap. XVI. Foreign Members. 1. Every Foreigner who has distinguished himself as an Ento- mologist, or who has shown himself able and willing to promote the ends for which the Society is founded, may be elected a Foreign Member; his Annual Contribution shall be £1: 1 s., and he shall be entitled to the same privileges as other Members. 2. Foreign Members shall not be required to sign the Obligation Book until present at an Ordinary Meeting of the Society, and when so present shall be admitted as other Members. 3. Foreign Members shall be exempt from the payment of any Admission Fee. 4. Foreigners and Residents abroad may be elected as Cor- responding Members, who shall not be subject to the payment of any Annual Contribution, and who shall be entitled to a copy of the Journal of Proceedings of the Society, but not to the Transac- tions; which, however; may be purchased by them at the reduced price paid by the Ordinary Resident Members. The Privileges of Corresponding Members shall however cease in case they shall at any future time be residents in the United Kingdom for the space of twelve months, unless sanctioned, in the case of any particular Member, by a special vote of the Council. 8 BY-LAWS. Caap. XVII. Honorary Members. 1. Every person proposed as an Honorary Member shall be re- commended by the Council, and be balloted for, and elected, and be liable to be removed in the like form and manner, and be sub- ject to the same rules and restrictions, as an Ordinary Member. 2. Honorary Members shall be exempted from the payment of Fees and Contributions ; and shall possess all the privileges of Ordinary Members. 3. No resident in Great Britain can be an Honorary Member, except William Spence, Esq., F.R.S. Cuap. XVIII. Meetings of the Society. 1. The Ordinary General Meetings of the Society shall be held on the first Monday in each month in the ‘year, beginning at eight o’clock precisely in the evening, or at such other time as the Council shall direct. 2. At the Ordinary Meetings the order of business shall be as follows. 1. The names of the Visitors allowed to be present at the Meeting shall be read aloud by the Chairman. 2. The Minutes of the last Meeting shall be read aloud by one of the Secretaries, and proposed for confirmation by the Meeting, and signed by the Chairman. - The Presents made to the Society since their last Meeting shall be announced and exhibited. 4. Certificates in favour of Candidates for admission into the Society shall be read or submitted to ballot. - Members and subscribers shall sign their names in the Obli- gation Book, and be admitted. 6. Exhibitions of specimens, &c. shall be made. 7. Entomological communications shall be announced and read either by the Author or one of the Secretaries. When the other business has been completed, the persons present shall be invited by the Chairman to make their observa- tions on the communications which have been read, and on the specimens or drawings which have been exhibited at the Meeting. 3. The President shall have a discretionary power as to the Papers to be read at the Meetings of the Society; and the Secre- taries, assisted by the President and any Member or Members of the Council, shall determine as to the priority in which such papers shall be read, and propriety of omitting any portion of the same. co or BY-LAWS. 9 4, All Memoirs which shall be read at any General Meeting of the Society shall become the property of the Society, unless other- wise stipulated for previous to the reading thereof. 5. No Motion relating to the government of the Society, its By-Laws, the management of its concerns, or the election, appoint- ment or removal of its Officers, shall be made at any Ordinary Meeting. Crap. XIX. Special General Meeting. Upon the requisition of any six or more Members, presented to the President and Council, a Special General Meeting of the Society shall be convened, and any proposition to be submitted to such Meeting shall be stated at length in the Notice to Members. Cuap. XX. Annual General Meeting. 1, The Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held in the Meeting-room on the fourth Monday in January of every year. 2. The objects of the Meeting shall be to choose the Council and Officers for the then ensuing year; and to receive from the Council, and hear read, their Annual Report on the general concerns of the Society. 3. The Council for the time being shall annually cause to be prepared two written Lists, one of which (No. 1 in the Schedule hereto) shall contain the names of four Members, whom they shall recommend to be removed from, and of four other Members to be elected into the Council; and the other List (No. 2) shall contain the names of such Members as they shall recommend to fill the offices of President, Treasurer and Secretaries, for the year en- suing; which Lists shall be read at the Monthly Meeting in January, and shall then be fixed up in the Meeting-room until the day of election. And copies of such Lists shall be transmitted to every Member whose known residence shall be in London, or within twenty miles thereof, at least seven days before the Annual General Meeting shall take place. 4, The Secretaries, assisted by the Treasurer, shall prepare a List of the Members entitled to vote, and each Member voting shall give his name to the Scrutineers to be marked on the said list. 5. On the day of voting, each Member present shall put his balloting Lists into the respective Glasses to be provided for such occasion ; before doing which, however, in case he shall have added 10 BY-LAWS. any name or names to the Lists proposed by the Council, he shall strike out the name or names of those persons recommended for whom he does not vote. And if more names shall be suffered to remain in any List than the number of persons to be elected or removed, such List shall be rejected. And in case the names suffered to remain shall be less than the number of vacancies to be supplied, those names only which shall remain in the List shall stand as voted for. 6. The President shall appoint two or more Scrutineers from the Members present, not being Members of the Council, to superin- tend the Ballots and report the results to the Meeting. 7. The Ballot for the Council shall remain open for one quarter of an hour, at the least; and the Ballot for the Officers for one quarter of an hour, at the least, after the result of the Ballot for the Council shall have been declared. 8. If from any cause an election shall not take place of persons to fill the Council, or any of the offices aforesaid, then the election of the Council and Officers, or the election of Officers, as the case may be, shall be adjourned until the next convenient day, of which notice shall be given, in like manner as is directed for the Annual General Meeting. 9. No Ballot, either for the election of Members or any other business, shall be taken unless nine Members are present. Cuap. XXI. Transactions. 1. The Transactions shall consist of Papers communicated to the Meetings of the Society. 2. The Transactions shall be published quarterly, and at such prices as the Council shall direct for each Part or Volume; but the price for one copy of each Part or Volume, to each Member or Subscriber who shall have paid his Annual contribution for the year in which such Part or Volume shall be published, shall not exceed three-fourths of the price charged to the public. 3. Foreign Members of the Society who shall have paid the Annual Subscription for the year, and Ordinary English Members and Subscribers resident more than fifteen miles from London, shall be entitled to receive the Transactions of the Society pub- lished during the year without any further payment. 4. The superintendence of the Publications shall be by a Com- mittee, which shall consist of thirteen Members to be appointed by the Council, including the President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretaries. BY-LAWS. 11 5. The Committee of Publication shall consider every Paper which shall have been communicated to a General Meeting of the Society, and shall report to the Council thereon; but no Paper shall be reported on at any Meeting of the Committee unless there shall be three or more Members present: and such Committee shall be convened by the Secretary every third month or oftener, when all papers read since the last Meeting of Committee shall be produced and referred. 6. Authors of Memoirs to be published in the Transactions shall be allowed 25 copies of their communications, with uncoloured plates, gratis. If any additional number be required, the entire expense thereof and the colouring of all plates to be paid for by the Authors. 7. A Journal of Proceedings of the Society shall also be pub- lished quarterly or half-yearly, containing Abstracts of the Papers read and Notices of other Matters communicated at the Ordinary Meetings of the Society, which Journal, together with the Transac- tions, shall be edited by the Secretaries, or one of them, and shall be bound up and sold with the Transactions. Cuap. XXII. Alteration of the By-Laws. Any of the By-Laws of the Society may at any time be repealed, or altered and amended, or others adopted in lieu thereof, at any Meeting of the Society, to be specially summoned in pursuance of Notice to be given to the President and Council, to be signed by six Members at least, such Notice to specify the intended repeal or alteration, and to be read at three General Meetings of the Society previous to such Special Meeting. 12 BY-LAWS. THE SCHEDULES REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER XxX. OF THE PRECEDING BY-LAWS. No. 1. Form of the List for the Council. List of Four Members of the present Council recommended by the present Council to be removed at the Election on the day of January, 18 fis . A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. List of Four Members recommended to be elected into the Council. i kK: L. M. N. O. P. Q. No.,2. Form of the List for the Officers. List of Persons recommended by the present Council to be ap- ¥ P p pointed to the offices of President, Treasurer, and Secretaries of the Society, at the Election on the day of January, 18 .* President... .\. areca Rens: ‘s SCreASUEeY %.52%. 6h ee ACS U2 ; w.xX Secretaries........ fy. Z * If any of the Names in these Lists be objected to, they must be struck out previous to the Ballot, and other Names substituted in the blank spaces left for that purpose. London : printed by C. Roworth & Sons, Bell Yard, Temple Bar. Bist of Mlembders OF THE HENTOMOLOGICAL OF LONDON, DECEMBER 3lst, 1850. SOCLETY LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. HONORARY MEMBERS. Honorary English Member. Wixiiam Spence, Esq., F.R.S. F.L.S. 18, Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square. Monorary #oreign Members. Epwarps, M. Milne. La Musée d’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Gravenhorst, Prof. J. L.C. Breslau, Silesia. Haan, Herr W. de. Haarlem. Hammerschmidt, Herr L. Klug, Dr. Frederick. Royal Museum, Berlin. Kollar, Herr. Royal Museum, Vienna. Lefebvre, M. Alexandre. Bouchevilliers, prés Gisors, Département del’ Eure. Passerini, Signor Carlo. Professor of Zoology, at the Royal Museum, Florence. Zeller, Herr P. C. Gross-Glogau, Silesia. (One vacant.) List of PAembers OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Date of Election. 1849 1835 OF LONDON. ORDINARY MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. Marked * are Original Members. Marked + have compounded for their Annual Subscriptions. Marked §. are Subscribers. S. Autis, T. H., Esq. York. Ashton, R. J., Esq., F.L.S. 2, Pelham Crescent, Brompton. + Babington, C.C., Esq., M.A. F.L.S. F.G.S. St. John’s Col- lege, Cambridge. 8. Baly, J. S., Esq. 18, Southampton Terrace, Kentish Town. S. Barlow, F., Esq. Cambridge. S. Bedell, G., Esq. 7, Chester Place, Old Kent Road. Bell, Thomas, Esq., Sec. R.S. F.L.S. F.G.S. 17, New Broad Street, and Selborne, Hants. S. Bell, William, M.D. 37, Albemarle Street. Bevan, Edward, M.D. Hereford. S. Bladon, J., Esq. Pont-y-pool. Bond, F., Esq. Kingsbury. Bowerbank, J.S., Esq., F.R.S. F.G.S. F.L.8. 3, Highbury Grove. S. Bree, C. R., Esq. Stricklands, Stowmarket. S. Brown, Edwin, Esq. Burton-on-Trent. Bruck, Herr Emil von. Creveld. Burlington, William, Earl of, M.A. F.R.S. F.G,S. 10, Belgrave Square. Charlesworth, E., Esq. York. Christie, Arthur, Esq. 9, Stanhope Street, Hyde Park. Christy, J. F., Esq. Stangate Glass Works, Lambeth. Clark, Rey. Hamlet. Northampton. a2 1Vv Date of Election, 1849 1849 1849 * 1850 1849 LIST OF MEMBERS. Cooke, Henry, Esq. London and County Bank, Hastings. Cooke, Nicholas, Esq. Hope Mills, Warrington. Dallas, W.S., Esq., F.L.S. 5, Albion Grove West, Islington. Darwin, Charles, Esq., M.A. F.R.S. Down, near Bromley, Kent. Dashwood, John, Esq., B.A. Barton-under-Needwood, near Lichfield. Dawson, John, Esq. Carron, near Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Desvignes, Thomas, Esq. Fir Tree Cottage, Woodford. Doubleday, Henry, Esq. Epping. Douglas, J. W., Esq., Secretary. 2, Eton Grove, Lee, Kent. Dunning, J. W., Esq. Elmwood Lodge, Leeds. Ellman, J. B., Esq. Landport, Lewes. Engleheart, N., Esq. Blackheath Park. Evans, W. F., Esq. Admiralty. Fortnum, C. D. E., Esq. 12, Grosvenor Street West. Frend, Benjamin, Esq. Gear, Robert, Esq. 19, Oxford Square. Gould, J., Esq., F.R.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. 20, Broad Street, Golden Square. Grant, Dr. Richmond, Surrey. Grant, Fred., Esq. Putney. Gray, John, Esq. Wheatfield House, near Bolton-le- Moors. Gray, J. E., Esq., F.R.S. British Museum. Greene, Rev. Joseph. Lower Guiting, near Stow, Gloucester- shire. Greenough, G. B., Esq., F.R.S. F.L.S. F.G.S. M.R.A.S. Grove House, Regent’s Park. Gregson, C. S., Esq. 107, St. James’s Street, Liverpool. Griffith, C. H., Esq. Twyford, Winchester. Grut, F., Esq. Gutch, J. W. G., Esq., M.R.C.S. F.L.S. 77, Great Portland Street. Guyon, G., Esq. Richmond, Surrey, and Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Haliday, A. H., Esq. 23, Harcourt Street, Dublin. Hanson, Samuel, Esq. Botolph Lane. Heales, G. S., Esq. Doctors’ Commons. Hearsey, Lieut.-Col. John Bennett. India. Hewitson, W. C., Esq. Oatlands, near Esher, Surrey. Horsfield, Thomas, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. F.G.S. M.R.A.S. East India House, and 21, Downshire Hill, Hampstead. Ingall, George, Esq. 81, High Street, Borough. Ingall, Henry, Esq. Glengall Grove, Old Kent Road. Ingall, Thomas, Esq. 16, Park Road, Stockwell Park. Date of Election. 1843 * 1849 1842 1849 1839 1849 1835 1849 1850 1850 1849 1850 1849 1849 1841 1850 1849 1849 1841 = LIST OF MEMBERS. Vf Janson, E. W., Esq., Curator. 61, Gracechurch Street. Jenyns, Rev. L., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. | Swaffham-Bulbeck, Newmarket. Jobson, Henry, Esq. Carron, near Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Kuper, Rev. C. Trellich, Monmouth. Labrey, B. B., Esq. Manchester. Lamb, Charles, Esq. Beauport, near Hastings. Lee, John, LL.D. F.R.S. F.S.A. F.R.A.S. Hartwell House, Aylesbury. Lingwood, R. M., Esq., M.A. F.L.S. F.G.S. Lyston, near Ross, Herefordshire. Logan, R. F., Esq. Hawthornbrae, Duddingstone, near Edin- burgh. Lowe, Dr. Balgreen, Slateford, near Edinburgh. Lubbock, John, Esq. High Elms, Farnborough. Maitland, A., Esq. Torrington Place, Torrington Square. Meade, R. W., Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire. Michael, J. L., Esq. Lord Mayor’s Court Office, Old Jewry. Michael, Walter, Esq. 9, Red Lion Square. Mitchell, John, Esq, Murray, Alexander, Esq. Shenley, Herts. Newman, Edward, Esq., F.L.S. F.Z.S. 7, York Grove, Peckham. Ogilvie, R. A. Esq. 15, Wharton Street, Lloyd’s Square. Owen, Richard, Esq., M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. F.G.S. Royal College of Surgeons, Parry, J. F. S. Esq., F.L.S. Steyne, Worthing. Potter, Mr. C. Lewes. Ransome, G. Esq., F.L.S. F.Z.S. Ipswich. Salt, G. M., Esq. Shrewsbury. Saunders, 8. S., Esq. Albania. Saunders, W. F., Esq., East Hill, Wandsworth. Saunders, W. W., Esq., F.L.S. East Hill, Wandsworth. Schaum, Dr. Shepherd, Edwin, Esq. 176, Fleet Street. Shepherd, James, Esq. Brown Street, Blackburn. Smith, Frederick, Esq. British Museum. Smith, J. P. G., Esq. Everton, Liverpool. Spence, R. H., Esq. Spence, W. B., Esq. Spinola, le Marquis Maximilian. Genoa. Stainton, H. T., Esq., Secretary. Mountsfield, Lewisham. vi Date of Election. * 1837 1850 1841 1836 1838 1850 1845 1838 1850 1849 1849 1850 1850 * 1850 1850 * 1845 x 1839 1849 1849 1847 1843 LIST OF MEMBERS. Stephens, J. F., Esq., F.L.S. Eltham Cottage, Foxley Road, Kennington. Stevens, S. Esq. 24, Bloomsbury Street. Stopford, Miss. Newbliss, Co. Monaghan. Tatum, T. Esq. 8, George Street, Hanover Square. Taylor, R. Esq., F.L.S. F.S.A. F.G.S. M.R.A.S. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. Thompson, C. T. Esq. Bedford Place, Kensington. Thompson, Thomas, Esq. Hull. Thurnell, Charles, Esq. Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Thwaites, G. R. H., Esq. Ceylon. Tweedy, J. Newman, Esq. 47, Montague Square. Vaughan, P. H., Esq. Redland, near Bristol. Vines, Mrs. Queen’s Cottage, Lyndhurst. Walker, John, Esq. Chesterfield. Walker, Francis, Esq., F.L.S. Arno’s Grove, Southgate. Walton, John, Esq., F.L.S. 9, Barnsbury Square, Islington, Ward, S. Nevill, Esq. Hon. E. I. C. Civil Service, Madras. Waring, S., Esq. Norwood. Waterhouse, G. R., Esq. British Museum. Weir, J. J., Esq. 20, Maismore Square, New Peckham. Westwood, J. O., Esq., F.L.S. St. Peter’s, Hammersmith. White, Adam, Esq., F.L.S. British Museum. Wild, W. J., Esq. Herne Hill, Camberwell. Wilkinson, S. J., Esq. 7, Jeffrey’s Square, St. Mary Axe. Wing, Wm., Esq. 17, Priory Road, South Lambeth. Wollaston, T. V., Esq., B.A. F.L.S. 25, Thurloe Square, Brompton. Yarrell, W., Esq., F.L.S. F.Z.S., Treasurer. Ryder Street, St. James’s. Date of Election. 1842 1844 1844 1846 1846 1846 1847 1847 1849 1850 1839 1844 1844 1839 1850 1846 1841 1839 1847 1847 1849 1844 1849 1846 1846 1846 1848 1839 1840 1846 1846 CWorresponding Slembers. INSTITUTED NOV. 5ru, 1838. PADD LP PAL DD ALRDALDIS Boys, Capt. India. Buonaparte, Prince Lucien. Barnston, George, Esq. Hudson’s Bay. Blagrove, Lieut. Thomas. 26th Bengal Infantry. Bowman, John, Esq. Bombay. Brain, T. H., Esq., Principal of Sydney College, New South Wales. Bowring, J.C., Esq. Hong Kong. Bowring, L. B., Esq. Bancoorah, near Burdwar, Bengal. Blair, Daniel, Esq. Surgeon-General, British Guiana. Bach, Herr M. Boppard-on-the- Rhine. Cantor, Dr. Costa, Signor Achille. Naples. Chiaga, Signor Stephano Della. Naples. Downes, Mr. Ezra. Dalton, H.G., Esq. George Town, Demerara. Elliott, Walter, Esq. Madras. Fraser, Louis, Esq. Griffith, W., Esq. Gilbert, G. A., Esq. Gray, W., Esq. St. Petersburg. Goding, —, Esq., M.D. Barbadoes. Harris, Dr. Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. Hamilton, Capt. Madras. Layard, F.P., Esq. Bengal Infantry. Layard, E. L., Esq. Columbo. Leconte, Major. New York. Low, Hugh, Esq. Labuan. M‘Lelland, J., Esq. Calcutta. Mitchell, Sir Livingstone. Pope, John, Esq. Hong Kong. Peters, Francis, Esq. Zanzibar. vill Date of Election. 1839 1839 1842 1842 1846 1849 1849 1841 1845 1847 1849 1841 LIST OF CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. Schomburgh, Sir R. Sayers, Lieut. Stevenson, —. Savage, T. S. Smith, Dr. G. Madras. Swanzy, Francis, Esq. Dix Cove, West Coast of Africa. Thomas, Grant, Esq. Barbadoes. Wiegand, Sir F. Wilkinson, Sir J. Gardner. Wilson, C. A., Esq. Adelaide, South Australia. Wallcott, —, Esq., M.D. Barbadoes. Younger, Lieut. John Robertson. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. I. Description of a new Hemipterous Insect, from Boutan, East Indies, forming the Type of a new Genus. By W.S. Dattas, Esq., F.L.S. [Read 7th May, 1849.] I wan the pleasure of laying before the Society, at its February meeting, a notice of some species of Hemiptera, from Boutan, belonging to the Museum of the East India Company. The insect which I have now to describe is contained in the same col- lection, and perhaps should have been brought forward at the same time as the others, but the singularity of its structure induced me to consider it worthy of a separate notice. It is indeed one of those species to which it is difficult to assign any exact position in a systematic arrangement. In the mass of its characters it appears to agree with the Pentatomide, but the form of the head approaches very closely to the Coreid type, although the general structure of the other parts of the body will hardly allow it to rank among the members of the family Coreide. The antennz in the specimens before me are unfortunately mutilated, only one of them possessing four joints; but I have little hesitation in regarding the antennz as five-jointed, the pit at the apex of the fourth joint, for the reception of the base of the fifth, being quite distinct. VOL. I.-—N. S. B 2 Mr. W.S. Dallas’s Description The species appears to form the type of a new genus, which I have called Urochela, in allusion to the singular claw-like pro- cesses which form a portion of the male generative organs, and is probably closely allied to the singular genera Urolabida and Urostylis of Mr. Westwood, which present the same character in a greater degree. Genus UROCHELA. (PI. II. fig. 1.) Head (fig. 1 a) small, short, broader than long, suddenly nar- rowed immediately before the eyes; the three lobes produced, distinct, rounded ; the central lobe longer than the lateral ones. Eyes large, prominent, globose. Ocelli moderate, situated close to each other, at the back of the head. Antenne (1a) as long? or longer? than the body, of five joints?, inserted on a tubercle, which appears beyond the margin of the head, immediately before the eyes; first joint thickest, as long as the thorax, cylindrical, thinner at the base; second about half as long again as the first, slender; third joint shortest, about half as long as the first, and a little thicker than the second; fourth about as long as the first, slender; fifth wanting? The antenne are thickly clothed with fine short hairs, which are longer on the first joint. Rostrum (fig. 1 b) inserted close to the anterior margin of the head, short, reaching only to the middle of the medipectus, of four joints, the first and third nearly equal, the fourth shorter, the second longest; the first joint enclosed at its base in a small groove of the under- side of the head. JZabrum reaching the middle of the second joint of the rostrum, transversely striated. Body broad, very flat above, convex beneath. Thorax tra- pezoidal, slightly margined laterally, much narrowed in front, the anterior margin being considerably narrower than the head and eyes. Scutellum rather short, triangular, with the sides nearly straight, and the apex acute. Llytra (fig. 1 f) ample; the coria- ceous portion larger than the membranous, with the basal half of its outer margin much elevated; the membrane reaching be- yond the apex of the abdomen, containing six nervures, of which the outer one is very short, placed in the basal angle; the other five all spring from a common footstalk. Abdomen convex be- neath, the margins thin, projecting a little beyond the elytra on each side. Anal apparatus in the male (fig. 1 e) consisting of two claw-like processes, which project nearly as far as the posterior angles of the terminal segment of the abdomen, with their points turned outwards; a small triangular plate is situated at the base of of a new Hemipterous Insect. 3 these, which it partially covers, and within the cavity appears the apex of a second triangular piece, which is probably the margin of the dorsal portion of the segment; all these parts are clothed with long woolly hairs, which nearly fill the intermediate spaces. In the female the vulvar plates present no remarkable characters. Breast (fig. 1 ¢) flat; the medipectus broad, placing a considera- ble interval between the insertions of the anterior and intermediate legs ; on each side of the postpectus, close to its anterior margin and near the intermediate cox, is a small spine (fig. 1d), directed outwards and forwards. Jegs moderate, slender, the posterior pair longest. Tarsi of three joints, the first and third about equal, the second minute. The neuration of the elytra is of a singular character; a ner- vure, which arises from a strongly elevated line at the base of the coriaceous portion, runs about two-thirds the length of that part, when it emits a branch on its inner side, which attains the base of the membrane, and, passing into it, gives rise, after running singly for a short distance, to the five nervures of the disc of the mem- brane, of which the two inner and the two outer ones are united at the base, before joining the common footstalk. The small lateral spines on the anterior margin of the post- pectus constitute one of the greatest peculiarities of this insect. They appear to be perforated on their posterior surface, at about half their length, and are evidently formed by the produced mar- gins of the orifices of the odoriferous apparatus. Species Urochela 4-punctata. (PI. II. fig. 1.) U. supra ferrugineo-grisea, punctata, thorace scutelloque linea media flava, elytris punctis 4 nigris. $ @ Hab. Boutan. Long. lin. 44. (9 mill.) Body elongate-ovate, above ferruginous grey, finely and thickly punctured. Thorax narrowly margined with yellow, and with a narrow, impunctate, longitudinal line on the dise of the same colour; a small black spot on the lateral margin near the lateral angle. Scutellum with a narrow longitudinal yellow line, con- tinuous with that of the thorax, the lateral margins yellowish. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the basal third of the outer margin, and the apical margins, yellow; the remainder of the outer margin, and a small line in the yellow basal portion, a spot on the disc, and another at the centre of the apical margin, black. Membrane pale brown, with the nervures paler. Margins of the B2 4 Description of a new Hemipterous Insect. abdomen banded with yellow and black. Abdomen beneath smooth, impunctate, yellow; a spot on each side of each segment within the stigmata, and another on the Jateral margin, black. Head beneath, breast and rostrum testaceous; the apex of the latter pitchy. Legs dusky testaceous, the thighs punctured with pale brown. Antenne with the basal joint dusky testaceous, second black, pale at the base, third and fourth black, the basal portion of the latter yellowish white. II. Notice of some Hemiptera from Boutan, in the Collection of the Hon. East India Company. By W.S. Dauuas, Esq., F.L.S. [Read Ist October, 1849. ] In a former notice (Vol. V. p. 186), under the above title, I laid before the Society a list of some species of Scutelleride and Pen- tatomide, from Boutan, contained in the Museum of the East India Company. Although these were not very numerous, the Collection is still more scantily furnished with examples of the other divisions of Hemiptera, there being but twenty species in all, including two belonging to the Homopterous family Cercopide. Of the eighteen Heteropterous species, ten belong to the Coreide; namely, Derepteryx Hardnickii, White; two species of the genus Acanonicus, Westw. (Dalader, Am. & Serv.), of which one appears to be the 4. rubiginosus, Hope, whilst the other is most probably a variety of the Javanese Dalader rotundicosta, Am. & Serv.; it is rather smaller, and has the sides of the thorax and abdomen and the third joint of the antennz less dilated than that species. Other described species are, Homceocerus biguttatus, Hope; Gonocerus calumniator, Fab.; and Mictis Tragus, Fab. Two other species, also belonging to the genus Mictis, I have not been able to determine satisfactorily. The remaining two species of Coreid@e appear to be decidedly nondescript. One belongs to the genus Nematopus,—I have called it— Sp. 1. Nematopus serripes. (PI. II. fig. 2.) N. rufo-fuscus, punctatissimus; capite, thorace, scutello, elytro- rumque membrana nigro-eneis ; femoribus posticis elongatis, Mr. W.S. Dallas’s Notice of some Hemiptera. 5 incrassatis, tuberculatis, nigro-ceruleis; tibiis fusco-rufis, intus serratis. ¢. Long. lin. 94 (20 mill.) Head brassy black, finely granulated. Eyes pale brown; ocelli yellow. Prothorax and scutellum brassy black, shining, very thickly and finely punctured,—the former with a large pit within each lateral angle. Elytra diminishing gradually in breadth from base to apex; the coriaceous portion reddish brown, obscure, very thickly and finely punctured, the punctures being larger at the base ; the membrane brassy. Margins of abdomen projecting slightly beyond the elytra on each side, reflexed, testaceous, with a black band on the posterior margin of each segment; the extreme edge is black and very finely denticulated throughout. Abdomen beneath brownish red, shining; the margins yellowish, marked with black, as on the upper surface; anal plate black, with the edges fringed with yellow hairs. Breast pitchy black, slightly shining, finely punctured and granulated on the sides, smooth in the centre. Rostrum, antennz (two first joints, rest wanting) and four anterior legs ferruginous; posterior legs with the thighs very long, much thickened, blackish blue, shining, covered with small tubercles, and with a row of six spines beneath, of which the one nearest the base is very small, the others gradually increasing in size to the fourth, which is the largest; fifth and sixth about equal, the latter being inserted close to the apex of the thigh; tibiae brownish red, as long as the thighs, slightly curved inwards, especially at the apex, strongly channelled on the outside, with the edges finely crenulated; the inner margin serrated throughout its entire length, with the teeth pitchy. Tarsi ferruginous. This species is remarkable for the contrast of its colours and the structure of the posterior thighs and tibie. The other species is an Anisoscelis, and, from the general form of the head and body (the posterior legs being wanting) appears to belong to that division of the genus Anisoscelis, Burm., to which the name Leptoscelis has been applied by Laporte and Amyot and Serville. Sp. 2. Anisoscelis rufiventris. A. thorace utrinque spina parva acuta armato; supra nigro- ferruginea, punctata, tenuissime rufo-marginata; subtus rufa, nigro-maculata, antennis pedibusque nigris. ¢. Long. lin. 9 (193 mill.) Above ferruginous black, opaque, thickly and rather finely 6 Mr. W.S. Dallas’s Wotice punctured ; beneath orange red, slightly shining, punctured. Head oblong, rather short and obtuse, the central projection short and rounded; the red colour of the under surface appears on each side, forming a red margin to the head. Thorax with the lateral angles produced on each side into a slender acute spine, directed upwards and forwards; the lateral margins narrowly edged with red. Scutellum pitchy black. Elytra with a narrow red outer margin, which disappears before the apex of the coriaceous por- tion; membrane brownish, semitransparent, with a triangular, opaque piece at the internal basal angle. Abdomen above red, with the margins variegated with black; beneath red, with the margins as on the upper side; a black spot on each of the stig- mata; two small patches at the base of the third segment, and a ring on the second, of the same colour; basal segment variegated with black. Breast reddish orange, thickly and strongly punctured, with two black spots on each side of the postpectus and medipectus, one on each side of the antepectus and one at the base of each of the coxe; the centre of the breast is black and smooth, fur- nished with a distinct furrow. Head beneath reddish orange, finely punctured, with a black furrow down the centre for the reception of the basal joint of the rostrum. Rostrum black, with the basal joint and the base of the second yellowish white. Ante- rior and intermediate legs and basal joint of antenne black. The remainder of the antenne and the posterior legs are wanting in the only specimen before me. Of the eight species remaining, two belong to the genus Pyrrho- coris, Burm.; they are both Fabrician species,—Lyg. faber and Schlanbuschii, Fab. Four are members of the family Reduviide, and of these, three appear to be undescribed. The first is a large species of the genus Platymeris, Burm., apparently belonging to Acanthaspis, Am. & Serv. Sp. 3. Platymeris fulvipes. (PI. II. fig. 3.) P. niger, subopacus; thoracis lobo antico 5-sulcato, lobo postico utrinque spina acuta recurva armato; elytrorum maculis quatuor, femorum apicibus, tibiis tarsisque fulvis. ¢. Long. lin. 133 (28 mill.) Head and thorax black, somewhat opaque, finely granulated, and beset with numerous hairs of moderate length, especially on the sides. Eyes brownish testaceous; ocelli brown. Anterior lobe of the thorax with five deeply impressed, longitudinal furrows, of some Hemiptera from Boutan. 7 of which the central one is forked anteriorly, and gives off a short branch on each side near the base, and with a small tubercle at each anterior angle; posterior lobe hexagonal, transverse, with a strong, acute spine at each lateral angle, and a small tubercle within each posterior angle above the base of scutellum, Scu- tellum black, opaque, granulated, with a few longish hairs, and with the apex produced into a slender, acute, elevated spine (fig. 3 a). Elytra black, slightly shining, with a few scattered raised points on the surface, a small triangular orange spot at the base on the outér margin, and a large roundish spot of the same colour towards the apex of the coriaceous portion, touching the outer margin and the base of the membrane. Margins of the abdomen banded with black and yellow. Abdomen beneath pitchy, smooth, slightly shining, with the apex reddish, and a yellow band on each segment towards the lateral margins. ‘The second abdominal segment bears a small, sharp, longitudinal keel in the centre, and the apical half of the terminal one is finely wrinkled transversely. Breast black, rough; metasternum with a faint longitudinal central keel, pro- sternum with a narrow central furrow. Legs rather long, clothed with long fine hairs; thighs pitchy, with the apex reddish orange; tibiz and tarsi reddish orange, the former with their apices pitchy on the inside. Rostrum and antenne pitchy black, the former smooth and shining, reaching the base of the anterior coxe ; the latter with the second joint thickly clothed with fine short hairs, basal and setiform apical joints with short scattered hairs. This fine species also occurs in Assam, but the specimens from that locality are paler in colour than the one above described, being pitchy instead of black on the upper surface, pitchy brown beneath. A large species of Harpactor | have named Sp. 4. Harpactor obscurus. (PI. Il. fig. 4.) H. supra fuscus, obscurus, subtus rufus, totus pilis numerosis parvis vestitus; capite nigro, thoracis lobo antico nigro, utrinque spinoso, fusco-verrucoso, tibiis omnibus rufis. ¢. Long. lin. 113 (24 mill.) Head subcylindric, black, impunctate, somewhat opaque, clothed with short yellowish hairs. Eyes brown. ‘Thorax with the an- terior lobe black, opaque, with several reddish brown warts, and a small blunt spine or tubercle of the same colour at each of its posterior angles ; posterior lobe brown, obscure, rough, wrinkled transversely and clothed with very short yellow hairs, the lateral 8 Mr. W. S. Dallas’s Wotice angles considerably produced but not acute. Scutellum pitchy brown, pilose. Elytra brown, obscure; membrane blackish brown, wrinkled, with a brassy reflection. Margins of the abdomen projecting beyond the elytra on each side, pitchy red, with the posterior margin of each segment narrowly edged with red. Abdomen beneath bright red, smooth, impunctate, with a sharp longitudinal central keel on all the segments except the two basal ones. Breast dull red, pitchy in the centre. Head beneath pitchy; rostrum pitchy red. Antenne black. Thighs and coxe pitchy, the anterior thighs thicker than the others, the postefior longest. Anterior tibiz orange red, the four posterior brownish red. Tarsi orange. The entire surface, above and beneath, is clothed with short yellow hairs, especially the abdomen and breast, and the under surface of the anterior and intermediate thighs and tibia. The only specimen of this insect in the collection is deformed in the thorax, the left lateral angle being, as it were, crushed forwards; I have, however, figured it with both angles alike. The third is a small species of Arilus. Sp. 5. Arilus nigricollis, (PI. Il. fig. 5.) A. capite, thoracis lobo antico, scutello, pectore, antennis, pedi- busque nigris; thoracis lobo postico flavo, abdomine rufo. @. Long. lin. 7 (15 mill.) Head black, smooth, impunctate, with a few fine hairs on the sides ; a deep, transverse, impressed line across the disc at the posterior margin of the eyes, immediately behind which are placed the ocelli, inserted on two tubercles. Thorax hexagonal, with the antero-lateral margins longest, and nearly straight, the con- striction between the lobes being very faint; the anterior lobe small, black, with two obtuse tubercles in the centre, separated by a longitudinal furrow, and which are again slightly notched trans- versely at their apices; the posterior lobe large, yellow, smooth, impunctate and slightly shining, rather convex, with a slight circular depression in the centre; lateral angles somewhat promi- nent, separated from the central portion by a strong depression. Scutellum black, slightly shining, with a raised line at the apex. Elytra brownish testaceous; the coriaceous portion indistinctly punctured, the membrane semitransparent. Abdomen projecting slightly beyond the elytra on each side, with the margins bright red; beneath convex, bright red, shining, impunctate. Breast black, impunctate, smooth, but more or less clothed with short of some Hemiptera from Boutan. 9 greyish hairs. Prosternum with a longitudinal central furrow, in which the point of the rostrum rests; the interior of this furrow is testaceous. Head beneath yellow in the centre, with the margins black ; smooth, shining, impunctate. Legs, rostrum and antenne black ; legs and antennz clothed with numerous very fine hairs. The fourth is the Lulyes amena, Guér., which completes the list of the terrestrial species. The two remaining species fall under the genus Ranatra, Fab.; the first, belonging to a section of that genus which has been sepa- rated by Amyot and Serville under the name of Cercotmetus for the reception of a Javanese species, their C. Asiaticus, I have named Sp. 6. Ranatra (Cercotmetus) pilipes. (PI. II. fig. 6.) R. (C.) elongata, luteo-fusca, obscura; capite tuberculo inter oculos; setis caudalibus brevibus, latis, compressis; elytris abdominis segmentum apicale non attingentibus, tibiis tarsis- que 4: posticis interne pilis longis instructis. Long. corp. une. 15. Linear-elongate, yellowish brown, opaque. Head small, witha tubercle on the vertex between the eyes. Elytra not reaching the apex of the penultimate segment of the abdomen, with the coria- ceous portion covered with very small hairy tubercles. Caudal setee very short, not more than one-fourth the length of the body, broad, compressed, and strongly pilose externally. Abdomen beneath strongly keeled, the keel continued upwards along the sternum, disappearing about the centre of the mesosternum ; prosternum with two deep longitudinal furrows extending its whole length. Legs somewhat robust and pilose; anterior thighs and tibiae very short; intermediate and posterior tibize and tarsi furnished on the inner side with a double row of long yellow hairs. It is not without doubt, that I describe this species as new, for although Amyot and Serville make no mention of the strong fringes of hairs on the two posterior pairs of legs in the descrip- tion of their species, I am inclined to think that this omission may be the result of accident, perhaps of their specimens being in bad condition. ‘Their statement that the Ranatre have “les jambes frangées” can hardly be taken to convey the impression of such a decided character as is exhibited in this species, the fringes in the other species of Ranatra being very slight. It appears to me, that the character is rather generic than specific, and tends to confirm A myot and Serville’s separation of their genus Cercotmetus 10 Mr. W.S. Dallas’s Notice from Ranatra ; for these fringes indicate a much greater velocity of motion than is possessed by the other Ranatre ; the short, broad anal setz will act as a rudder, rendered necessary by the increased activity of the animal, whilst the elongated anterior legs being no longer requisite, and tending rather to impede its move- ments, become contracted into more moderate dimensions. In- deed, it appears to be a rule in the genus Ranatra that any increase in the length of the caudal setz is accompanied by an increase, although to a less extent, in the length of the anterior legs, and probably a diminution of the activity of the animal. The second is a true 2anatra. Sp. 7. Ranatra gracilis. R. elongata, ferrugineo-fusca, obscura; capite tuberculo acuto inter oculos; setis caudalibus brevibus, tenuibus; abdomine carinato, prosterno bisulcato; pedibus quatuor posticis sub- pilosis. Long. corp. lin, 123. Linear-elongate, ferruginous brown, obscure. Head with an acute tubercle between the eyes. Scutellum with two small pits on the disc towards the apex. Elytra reaching beyond the base of the apical segment of the abdomen. Caudal setz short, rather longer than the head and thorax together, slender, very slightly pilose externally. Abdomen beneath keeled, the keel not con- tinued beyond the base of the posterior legs. Prosternum with two longitudinal furrows. Legs very long and slender, subpilose, anterior thighs with six very faint teeth beneath at the base; the four posterior tibiz and tarsi simple. This species appears to be allied to the R. filiformis, Fab., but wants the grey rings on the legs mentioned in his description ; it is also a much larger insect than that figured by Guérin under that name, and has the caudal setee much shorter in proportion. Of the Homoptera, there are, as above mentioned, only two species, both belonging to the genus Cercopis. Sp. 8. Cercopis fulviceps. C. capite, thoraceque fulvis, elytris nigro-rufis, corpore subtus, pedibusque nigris. @. Long. lin. 103 (22 mill.) Head and thorax bright orange, shining, very finely punctured, the latter with a narrow but very distinctly raised border. Scu- of some Hemiptera from Boutan. 11 tellum small and triangular, with the lateral margins incurved ; reddish black, rather convex and transversely wrinkled. An- terior wings reddish black, somewhat obscure, very minutely and thickly punctured, with the outer margins pitchy red. Wings brownish, semitransparent. Abdomen beneath black, shining. Breast, legs and rostrum pitchy. This species appears to approach very closely to the C. fusci- pennis, Le P. & Serv., and may perhaps be a very dark variety of it; it differs in the colour of the legs and underside of the body. Sp. 9. Cercopis dimidiata. C. nigra, thorace fascia lata rubra; elytris rubris, fasciis tribus nigris. ¢@. Long. lin. 7 (15 mill.) Head black, punctured. Eyes pale-brown; ocelli yellowish- white. Thorax very thickly and finely punctured, with its pos- terior half, and a transverse quadrangular patch on the anterior margin, black; the remainder bright red. Scutellum black, transversely wrinkled. Elytra bright red, very thickly and finely punctured, with three broad irregular transverse black bands on each, of which the first arises at the apex of the scutellum, the second a little behind the middle, and the third forms a broad black margin round the apex. Body beneath black, shining. Legs and rostrum pitchy. 12 Mr. T. Desvignes’ Observations on III. Observations on Two of Gravenhorst’s Subgenera of Ichneumons, namely, Macrus, forming the Fifth Family of Ophion, and Coleocentrus, the Fourth Family of Banchus. By Tuomas Desvienes, Esq. [Read 4th June, 1849.] I wave brought with me two insects for exhibition, which I captured in an unfinished building in Vienna; and at the time I considered to be the sexes of one species; since then closer in- vestigation has convinced me in this particular. Their palpi and neuration of the wings perfectly correspond, independent of other minor points. Gravenhorst makes no mention of the construction of the former. The maxillary palpi consist of five articulations: the basal short; 2nd, stout, reniform; 3rd and 4th, slightly sub- clavate; the 5th filiform, the apex somewhat mucronate, their comparative lengths 5, 3, 4,1. The second articulation of the labial palpi cylindrical, and a little longer than broad, incurved, and stouter than the rest; all are setose. The antennz of the male are setaceous, those of the female filiform; the joints of the Jatter lay parallel, but obliquely one to the other, and are longer than in the ¢, of which the specimen here exhibited agrees per- fectly with Gravenhorst’s Macrus longiventris, and the female with his Coleocentrus excitator. The specific characters in these two subgenera are scarcely distinct, with the exception in the form of the abdomen. In re- ferring to the generic descriptions as given by Gravenhorst, their difference consists in the form of the scutellum, which in Coleo- centrus is triangular, and in Macrus subquadrangular; the basal abdominal segments, and the eighth or apical ones in both, agree in form, the latter in the 2 is more reflexed than in the ¢. The vomeriform appendage in the @ is stated by Gravenhorst to have its origin from the sixth ventral segment; but upon closer examination it appears to me to consist of three counter segments, the first arising from the apex of the third ventral seg- ment. ‘his may be erroneous, and arising only from the greater production of the ordinary segments. In Arofes and Acoenites, the @ of which are similarly constructed, this appears to be the case, and forms a continuation of the ventral carina, but the upper and lower margins of the segments of ——? excilator do not coincide as in the two last genera; this has led me to come to the former conclusion as regards that insect. Two Subgenera of Ichneumons. 13 It seems presumptuous to say that so able an author as the one quoted should be in error; but in this instance, from the ap- parent disparity cf the sexes (still not greater than in some of the fossorial Hymenoptera), such I feel confident to be the case. I propose the generic name of Macrocoleus as a combination of the two; by doing so Coleocentrus would become a synonyme, and the species would stand thus :— Macrocoleus excitator, $ and @ .. Syn. 2, Coleocentrus exci- tator (Gray.) $, Macrus longiven- tris (Grav.) Do. caligatus, 2 .....+..Syn. 6, Macrus (Grav.) em. which is a very similar ¢; and it may be inferred, that the ¢ cannot be very different to longiventris, but Macrus filiventris 9 (abdomen angustissimum) appears to be very distinct. However, I think it likely that his MM. Croceicornis and Soleatus may have females similar to M. excitator, and would naturally class under the proposed genus; these males Gravenhorst considers varieties of one another. Mr. Curtis, in his Guide, has C. eacitator indicated as British. I have not seen an English specimen, but it is not improbable that it may be so, as I took, in the same place, specimens of Sirex Gigas and Spectrum. The wood consisted of rough deal planks, and floors of the same. 14 Mr. J. W. Douglas on the IV. On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller.* By J. W. Doveuas, Esq. (Continued from Vol. V., page 201.) [Read November 5th, 1849.] Sp. 41. Lappella. G. Lappella, Z. Ti. Lappella, L. (non W. V., H., Haw., St.) G. estivella, Z. (Isis, 1839.) Re. Silacea, var. a, Haw. Cleod. Silacella, St., Wood, 1236. In the “ Entomologische Zeitung” of the Entomological Society of Stettin, 1842, Herr Zeller has published an elaborate memoir on this species, showing that it is the Tinea Lappella of Linné, and that the name had been erroneously applied to Tinea ganomella, ‘Tischer. In the same volume is an account by Dr. Low of the habits of the larva which feed on the seeds of the common burdock (Arctium Lappa), as stated by Linné. Last year it was reared in this country from these seeds by Mr. J. J. Weir. Sp. 42. Paucipunctella. *G. paucipunctella (Mtzn.), Z. Re. Silacea, var. 3, Haw. Cleod. falciformis, St.?- Wood, 1241, (non Re. falci- Sormis, Haw.) Differs from the preceding species, which it much resembles, chiefly in being generally smaller, wings narrower, deeper brown on the upper, and brighter yellow on the inferior edge, the two black spots nearer to each other and more conspicuous, and the fuscous margin beyond the oblique yellow stria darker. In one of my specimens I see distinctly three spots, and a trace of a fourth. Zeller (Isis, 1839) says there are four; probably in this respect it varies. Mr. Allis has Haworth’s specimens of this and the preceding species. * The species marked * are in the collection received from Herr Mann of Vienna. British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller. 15 Sp. 43. Neuropterella. G. neuropterella (F. v. R), Z. Lita. neuropterella, Dup. Supp. IV. 249, Pl. 72, f. 1. Expansion of wings, 8—11 lines. Head and thorax ochreous, palpi long, red brown. Anterior wings long and pointed, with the nervures, some blotches on the disc, the apex and cilia, cinnamon brown. Posterior wings fuscous. In the cabinets of Mr. T. Ingall and Mr. S. Stevens, by both of whom it has been captured; also in the collection of Mr. Curtis. Sp. 44, Lutulentella. G. lutulentella, Z. Expansion of wings, 8 lines. Head, antenne, palpi and thorax concolorous with the anterior wings, which are luteous brown of one tint throughout, very glossy, and having a small blackish dot on the disc beyond the middle. Posterior wings yellowish grey, with the ciliz of the colour of the anterior wings. I know but two British specimens, one taken by Mr. Stainton many years since—he thinks at Ham Common, Surrey; and one taken by Mr. Allen Hill, in the neighbourhood of Bristol, among Hippuris vulgaris, by the side of Bagwood Brook, in the evening of July 22nd, 1849. Zeller says it is found in June in damp waste meadows. Sp. 45. Lucidella. Cleod. lucidella, St., Wood, 1240. G. stagninella, Z. (MSS.) Varies in expansion of wings from 7 to 8 lines, and in colour from light brown to nearly black. In the lighter specimens are seen two interrupted lines of a lighter colour than the wing, of which one runs parallel to the costa, which it joins about the middle, the other lies in the groove of the wing; in the centre of the wing, opposite to where these lines terminate, is a light linear blotch, at the farther end of which is a black dot; at the apex of the costa are 4—5 long yellow dots. Posterior wings deep fuscous, with brownish ciliz. Found in July, among rushes, near Hammersmith, by Mr. Shepherd and others. 16. Mr. J. W. Douglas on the Sp. 46. Aithiops. An. Aithiops, Westw. Expansion of wings, 8—9 lines. Head, antenne, palpi and thorax jet black. Anterior wings long, narrow and pointed, also jet black, with 4—5 raised scales of the same colour. Posterior wings fuscous, lighter at the base. Found in the neighbourhood of Manchester, I believe on poplars. Sp. 47. Tenebrella. G. tenebrella, Z. CEcoph. tenebrella, Tr. Ti. tenebrella, H. 434? *G. unicolorella, Z. (olim.) G. metallella, Sta. (Cat.) Glyph. subcuprella, St.? Expansion of wings, 53—6 lines. Head, antennez, palpi and anterior wings all shining dark bronze colour. Posterior wings fuscous. This species is most probably Hiibner’s tenebrella, 434, but the figure is so coarse that it cannot be referred to with certainty. The G. unicolorella of Zeller is the variety wanting the purplish tint which the typical insect has. Mr. Stephen’s description of Glyph. subcuprella, like Hibner’s figure above referred to, cannot be quoted, neither being sufficiently precise to distinguish the species from others like it. Not rare in June in many places. Sp. 48. Tenebrosella. G. tenebrosella (F. v. R.), Z. Expansion of wings, 5 lines. Head, palpi and thorax shining bronze colour. Antenne bronzy, with the tips distinctly white. Anterior wings shining bronze. Posterior wings fuscous. This species most closely resembles tenebredla, but may at once be distinguished by the white apices of the antenne. Found in June and July, but rarer than ¢enebrella. British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller, 17 Sp. 49. Affinis. Re. affinis, Haw. An. affinis, St. An. diffinis, Wood, 1205. G. umbrosella, Z. Expansion of wings, 4—53 lines. Head and antenne fuscous-black; palpi, second joint ashy, terminal joint black, fully as long or longer than the second. Anterior wings fuscous black, with four black spots, of which the first is faint (sometimes wanting), and is placed at the base of the groove; the second is in the groove, and the other two are in a line above and beyond. To the outside of the second and third is Joined a white spot; and beyond all these is a curved whitish fascia. Posterior wings and ciliz fuscous. The Entomological Society has Haworth’s specimen. In a note to me, Herr Zeller says of this species, ‘‘ certissime mea wmbrosella.” Taken on the sand-hills at New Brighton, and the Chesil-bank, Weymouth ; also near London, in July. Sp. 50. Anthyllidella. *G. Anthyllidella, Z. Ti. Anthyllidella, H., 330. Expansion of wings, 5—6 lines. Anterior wings shining, black, with a small yellow spot on the costa towards the apex, and another still smaller nearly in the centre of the wing. Zeller says this last spot is wanting in all his specimens. But it is distinctly visible when the insect is in fine condition, especially when alive; and is represented in Hiibner’s figure. Zeller says the larva feeds on Anthyllis vulneraria. This species is in some cabinets as atrella. Sp. 51. Atrella. Ti. atrella, Haw. (non H.) Expansion of the wings, 63 lines. Head, thorax and antenne brownish black; palpi ashy white. Anterior wings shining brownish black, with a conspicuous orange spot on the costa towards the apex, and another nearly opposite on the inferior margin, nearer to the base. Posterior wings fuscous. VOL. I.—N. S, c 18 Mr. J. W. Douglas on the In the Bentleyan Cabinet, under the name of spiniferella. Mr. Allis has Haworth’s specimen. Found in August, among heath and furze, at Weybridge and Wickham Wood. Sp. 52. Pictella. G. pictella, Z. Expansion of wings, 5 lines. Head cinereous brown; antenne brown, faintly annulated with white, the tips white; palpi ashy. Anterior wings glossy, rich brown-black, with three silvery equidistant fascize, of which the first two slope towards the anal angle, and do not quite reach across the wing, the third slopes towards the second, and extends quite across the wing. Posterior wings silver grey, with somewhat darker ciliz. This pretty species was first taken in this country, near South- end, by S. Stevens, Esq. It is much like another species which has not yet been seen in Britain, G. superbella, Z., which is not nearly so large, and has not white tips to the antenne. Sp. 53. Albiceps. G. albiceps, Z. Re. nana, var. a, Haw. An, aleella, St., Wood, 1225 (non F.) Said by Zeller to be rare in Germany, but it is not uncommon in this country on fences of gardens. Sp. 54. Nigrovittella. Lita. nigrovittella, D. xi. 315, pl. 298, fig. 5. *G, lepidella, (F. v. R.), Z. Re. nivea, Haw. Alucita nivella, F.? An. nivella, St. An. maculella, Wood, 1222. Sp. 55. Notatella. Lita. notatella, Tr. G. proximella, var. (3, Z. (Isis, 1839.) Expansion of wings, 6 lines. Head griseous-fuscous ; antenne brown, arinulated with white ; palpi griseous, the terminal joint with a black spot in the centre, and another at the apex. Anterior wings grey-brown, with two British Species of the Genus Grelechia of Zeller. 19 fascize sloping obliquely outwards from the costa, each composed of three black dots. The first fascia is before and the second beyond the middle; between and below them, in the groove, lies a single black dot, and there are a few black streaks towards the apex. Posterior wings fuscous. This insect has been reared in May, from larve found on sal- lows in September. It is quite distinct from proximella, as a variety of which it was placed by Zeller (Isis, 1839). Sp. 56. Humeralis. G. humeralis, Z. An. Lyellella, C., Westw. Ti. decorella, Haw. This species varies much in its markings. Sometimes it is grey, with scattered black streaks; sometimes the costa is white and the inferior edge broadly black, and at others the whole sur- face of the wings is deep fuscous, but the strong black mark on the edge of the costa at its base is always constant. The Entomological Society has Haworth’s specimen of decorella, which is certainly this species, but from an unfortunate error his description, which I subjoin, cannot be applied to this or any other species. ** Tinea decorella, Haw. (the neat). * Alis anticis capiteque niveis, costa ipsa interruptim, plagaque communi niveis.” —(Transactions Ent. Soc. Lond. 1812, page 338.) Sp. 57. Costella. An. costella, St., Westw. Expansion of wings, 6—7 lines. Head, thorax and palpi ochreous, the terminal joint of the latter black at the tip and in the centre; antennee fuscous, faintly annu- lated. Anterior wings deep ochreous; at about one-fourth of their length from the base commences a large black, somewhat angular blotch, beginning abruptly, extending downwards to the groove, and then continued upwards and onward to three-fourths of the length of the wing, leaving the remaining fourth ochreous. Towards the apex are mostly some black dots, and more are sometimes seen on the outer margin down to the anal angle. Posterior wings fuscous. Varies considerably in the intensity of the colouring. Taken in hedges near London, throughout the summer. c2 20 Mr. J. W. Douglas on the Sp. 58. Atriplicella. *Lita. Atriplicella, F. v. R. pl. 78, p. 223. G. Atriplicella, Z. Expansion of wings, 7 lines. Head and thorax griseous brown; antenne dark brown; palpi second joint griseous, terminal joint brown, with a light ring in the middle. Anterior wings griseous brown, with four black dots faintly encircled with red, of which two are before the middle, one obliquely above the other, the other two are beyond the middle, side by side. Beyond these is a faint curved fascia, and then some scattered black specks. Abdomen grey, on the under side more yellow, with a black line on each side. Posterior wings griseous, with yellowish grey ciliz. This species is figured and elaborately described by Fischer (1. c.), who says the larvee feed on Atriplex laciniata. Taken in Charlton Sand Pits, in July. Sp. 59. Obsoletella. Lita. obsoletella, F. v. R., pl. 79, p. 225 Mon Ti. obsoletella, W. V.). Ti. elongella, W. V.? Expansion of wings, 6 lines. Head, thorax and palpi yellowish grey, the terminal joint of the latter darker ; antennz fuscous, annulated with grey. Ante- rior wings yellowish grey, dusted with brown, and having four black dots, of which two are just before the middle, one obliquely above the other, the other two beyond the middle, close together, and often joined, then forming a curved mark. Beyond these is a faint fascia, or sometimes only the rudiments of one on the costa and inferior margin. Cilia somewhat luteous, sprinkled with brown. Posterior wings silver-grey, with luteous grey ciliz. Abdomen griseous, the basal joints bright luteous, especially when the insect is alive. This species varies much in colour and in distinctness of mark- ing. It much resembles, except in colour, the preceding G. Atr- plicella, and is said by Fischer (1. c.) to feed, when in the larva state, on the same plant, and all species of Chenopodium. I found jt common on the coast near Weymouth, and Mr. Bedell took it near London. British Species on the Genus Gelechia of Zeller. 21 Sp. 60. Walkeriella. G. Walkeriella, mihi. Cleod. Cytisella, Curt., vol. 14, pl. 671 (non T. Cyti- sella, Tis., Tr.) Astyages Picepennis, St. Mus. (non Haw.) Taken by Mr. Curtis, 18th July, on a hill at Glengariff, in Treland, and by Mr. F. Walker, in the Isle of Wight. The name Cytisella being previously occupied by Treitschke for another species of Gelechia, I have had to give the present species another name, and have called it in honour of one of its early discoverers. V. On Elachista eratella, Zeller, and several Species with which it is likely to be confounded. By H. T. Srarnton, Esq. [Read 5th November, 1849.] Tuts species is briefly described by Zeller, in his catalogue of Tineide, in the Isis of 1839, and is there placed next to Festa- liella, H.: it indeed bears a close resemblance to that species in having a very perplexed synonymy ; and as a paper of mine on the synonymy of L. Festaliella was considered of sufficient im- portance to be published in the Society’s Transactions, I have thought that a like indulgence might be accorded to the present paper, which includes several species which have perplexed many of our Entomologists, but which I hope to be able to make suffi- ciently clear and distinct, to enable any Entomologist of ordinary capacities at once to separate. The species are @cophora fusco-enea, Haw.; Ccophora senes- cens, Sta.; Ccophora fusco-cuprea, Haw.; Gelechia tenebrella, Tr.; Gelechia tenebrosella, F. v. R.; Elachista eratella, Z.; Ela- chista fusco-ciliella, Sta.; and Elachista modestella, D. All these species are destitute of markings on the anterior wings, and in all, the colour of the anterior wings is more or less of a greenish or brownish copper; it would thus appear, at first sight, that it would be very difficult to distinguish them, but this is by no means the case. The form of the posterior wings at once separates the Gicophore from the Gelechie, and from the 22 Mr. H. T. Stainton on Elachiste, and the Gelechie from the Elachiste, and even Ela- chista eratella from the other two species in the same genus. I proceed now to describe the three species of @icophora, and as they are sufficiently distinguished from the Gelechie and Ela- chiste by the form of the posterior wings, I shall only have to point out the distinctive characters by which they can be separated from each other. They all three resemble Gc. grandipennis (which I believe is now in most of our collections), in the form of the posterior wings (see Plate III. fig. 20), and in the peculiar method of sitting when alive, with the wings going to a point. Sp. 1. @cophora fusco-enea, Sta. Cat., p. 14, No. 29. Porrectaria fusco-enea, Haw. Lep. Brit. 537, No. 21. Pancalia fusco-enea, St., Illust. iv. 276. Allied to @c. grandipennis, but smaller and greener, and ante- rior wings rather narrower in proportion to its size. Larger than (Ec. senescens, and without the white scales on the disk of the anterior wings. Larger than @. fusco-cuprea, and much greener in colour. Haworth’s description — “ Alis anticis fusco-zeneis, lucidis, tinctura cupri; alis posticis lineari-subulatis, atris, lucidis. Exp. alarum 7 lin.”—appears to me quite distinct enough to identify the species, especially when contrasted with his description of Porrect. fusco-cuprea, which is represented as being smaller and less bronzy (less green). This appears a scarce species; it was formerly taken by Mr. Chant, but I have seen no recent specimens, except two that Mr. Allis met with near Grassington in Wharfdale, in June. The specimens mentioned by Mr. Stephens as being taken in Darenth Wood, in June, are not referable to this species; they are Gelechia tenebrella. Sp. 2. @cophora senescens, Stainton. seliniella, Sta. Cata. p. 13, No. 30 (non Z.) Slightly larger than fusco-cuprea, and at once distinguished from it by its greener anterior wings being clothed with numerous white scales; these white scales equally distinguish it from fusco-enea, from which it differs also in being smaller, and the anterior wings being less glossy. Elachista eratella. ve The Cc. seliniella of Zeller, which I had imagined this to be, is much larger, nearly as large as Gc. fusco-enea, but has broader anterior wings, and much broader posterior wings. (I have two specimens sent me by Herr Zeller.) My specimen of senescens still remains unique. Sp. 3. Ecophora fusco-cuprea, Sta. Cat. p. 14, No. 31. Porrectaria fusco-cuprea, Haw. Lep. Brit. p.537, No. 22. Pancalia fusco-cuprea, St. Illust. iv. p. 276. Ccophora parvella, Mann. in litt. Differs from fusco-enea in being smaller and much browner, and the anterior wings rather broader in proportion to its size; differs from senescens (which it resembles in size) in not having any white scales on the disk of the anterior wings. Haworth’s description—“ Alis anticis fusco-cupreis, immacu- latis. Praecedenti (fusco-zenea) nimis affinis at minor, alis latio- ribus ratione magnitudinis; posticis fuscis nitidis. Exp. alarum 53 lin.”—very well identifies this species. The female of this species has a large oval white spot on the under side of the abdo- men. Not scarce with Mr. Sircom on Durdham Downs. I have taken it on the downs at Mickleham, in July. The two specimens mentioned by Mr. Stephens, as having been taken by him at Ripley, in June, 1827, are not this species; they are Gelechia tenebrosella. We now come to the two species of Gelechia, tenebrella and tenebrosella. These are at once distinguished from the Zicophore and Elachiste by their trapezoidal posterior wings (see PI. III. fig. 21), and by their longer recurved palpi. Sp. 4. Gelechia tenebrella, Zeller, Isis, 1839, 5. 201. Douglas, Tran. Ent.Soc., N.S., vol.i. p. 16. Ccophora tenebrella, Treitschke, x. 3, 216. Tinea tenebrella, Hubner, 434 ? Glyphipteryx subcuprella, Stephens, Ilust. iv. p, 273. Gelechia metallella, Sta. Catal. p. 18, No 42 (non St.) Var. Gelechia unicolorella, Zeller, in litt. At once distinguished from G. tenebrosella by the unicolorous antenne. The typical insect has the anterior wings coppery- 24 Mr. H. T. Stainton on brown, that is, with a purple tint; in the variety wnicolorella this purple tint is entirely wanting, the wings being then of an uni- colorous greenish hue. The Gly. subcuprella of Mr. Stephens’s cabinet is truly this species, but the description would apply equally well to fusco- cuprea. Sp. 5. Gelechia tenebrosella (F.v. R.), Zeller, Isis, 1839, 8. 201. Sta. Cat. p. 18, No. 43. Douglas, Trans. Ent. Soc., N.S., vol. i. p. 16. Readily distinguished from G. tenebrella by the white tips to the antenne; I am not aware that this species ever occurs desti- tute of the purple tint on the anterior wings. We now arrive at the three Elachiste, and, as I have already mentioned, ¢ratella differs considerably in the form of the pos- terior wings from modestella and fusco-ciliella. (See Pl. III. fig. 22, posterior wing of e@ratella, and fig. 19, posterior wing of modestella. ) Sp. 6. Elachista eratella, Zeller, Isis, 1839, S. 212 (non Sta.) Glyphipteryx metallella, Stephens, Ilust. iv. 273 (non Sta.) This is also distinguished from modestella and fusco-ciliella by its shorter and thicker antenne, and by the much deeper colour of the anterior wings, which considerably resemble those of dark specimens of G. tenebrella, but are more brilliant. I annex a translation of Zeller’s description—“ as large as, and of the habit of, Gelechia tenebrella; anterior wings dark greenish, bronze- coloured; the palpi short, thin, and pointed; the antennee much shorter than the anterior wings.” On the 11th of last month, Mr. Wilkinson brought to me to be named a specimen of this species; I soon found it was a stranger to me, though evidently coming near the ¢ratella of my catalogue ; and, on referring to Zeller’s descriptions in the Isis, I at once per- ceived that I had erred in referring Mr. Sircom’s species to the eratella of Zeller, for that this was most decidedly Zeller’s insect. Mr. Wilkinson having several specimens of the insect, taken near Brighton in June, kindly begged my acceptance of that which he had brought to be named. Last Wednesday, at Mr. Douglas’s urgent request, I went to Mr. Stephens, to examine his Glyph. Elachista e@ratella. 25 metallella, and, to my extreme astonishment, found there two specimens of this insect, which are doubtless those mentioned and described in the Illustrations as metallella; and had this descrip- tion any character by which to identify the species, this name being older than @ratella should have been retained, but unfortu- nately neither the peculiar form of the posterior wings, nor the peculiarly short and thick antennez, are mentioned, so that I have been compelled to adopt Zeller’s name in preference. This species has been taken by Mr. S. Stevens in Devonshire. Sp. 7. Elachista fuscociliella, Stainton. eratella, Sta. Catal. p. 25, No. 18 (non Z.) Smaller and darker than modestella, and easily distinguished by the fuscous cilia of the posterior wings; antenne dark, uni- colorous. Mr. Sircom has not again met with this species. Sp. 8. Elachista modestella, Sta. Cat. p. 25, No. 17, Butalis modestella, Dup. xi. p. 347, pl. 299, f. 8. Astyages serratella, Stephens, Ilust. iv. 280. Larger and paler than the preceding, and at once recognized by the ochreous cilia of the posterior wings; the antennz are not annulated with white, but appear through a lens alternately pale and dark. The name serratella, St., cannot be retained for this, as there is already a closely allied species of that name, serratella, Tr. This species frequents oaks in May; I found it not very scarce at Lewisham, last spring. TABLE OF THE FOREGOING SPECIES. I. Posterior wings broadish, with distinct anal angle. 1. Gcophora fusco-enea. Exp. 63 lines; anterior wings bronzy green, 2. SENESCENS. Exp. 53 lines; anterior wings greenish, with white scales. 3. Jusco-cuprea. Exp. 5% lines; anterior wings coppery brown. II. Posterior wings trapezoidal. 1. Gelechia tenebrella. Antennz unicolorous. 2. tenebrosella. Antenne brown, with white tips. 26 Mr. H. T. Stainton on Elachista eratella. III. Posterior wings lanceolate, with prolonged point. 1. Elachista eratella. IV. Posterior wings lanceolate (point not prolonged). 1. Elachista fusco-ciliella. Cilia of posterior wings fuscous. oF modestella. Cilia of posterior wings ochreous. VI. A Monograph of the British Species of the Genus Micropteryx of Zeller. By H.T. Srainton, Esq. [Read February 4th, 1850.] Tuts interesting and very distinct group of insects is sadly in want of investigation; the metamorphoses of none of the species are known, and several of our species were in such confusion, that in my catalogue I lumped together, as one species, three which are truly quite distinct. The number of species will probably be much augmented by more active investigations ; several of the known species appear very early in the season,—for instance, purpurella in February, and unimaculella and semipurpurella in March; and it is exceedingly probable that other equally early species lurk undetected. Several other species occur on the continent. From the affinities of this group to the Adele (long horns), of which the larvee are known to be case-bearers, feeding on various plants, there is little doubt but that the larve of these insects feed in a similar way; and if those collectors who take calthella in plenty, would devote a little of their time to the furtherance of science, by searching for the larve and pupe of that insect, though they might not enrich their collections by so doing, they would have a better claim to the title of Entomologists. The genus is thus characterized by Zeller, in the Isis, 1839: « With thickly woolly head, in the hairs of which the long con- vergent downy-haired palpi are concealed, the antenne hardly longer than the body, the wings moderately long-fringed, the pos- terior oval-lanceolate.” The structure of the palpi is very peculiar; they are six- jointed, and are folded over themselves, so that the extremity lies British Species of the Genus Mycropteryx. 27 just over the base. Curtis says, “‘ palpi longer than the head, porrected ;’”’ but this is not the case in any of the specimens I have observed. But Mr. Curtis assures me that he believes the palpi are porrected when the insect is alive; this may be so, though I must confess I should very much doubt it. The hairs of the head, which in some cases furnish good specific distinctions, are easily rubbed off, and the head then assumes a black appearance, whatever may have been the colour of the hairs; this is apt to occasion mistakes: the shortness of the antennz is very striking in most of the species, indeed in some they have quite the appear- ance of having been broken; and in the subdiaphanous posterior wings we have another peculiarity of the genus. According to the neuration of the wings, the genus divides into two sections; in the first section the apical nervure is simple from the cell, in both wings, and in the second section this nervure has a fork towards the costa, between the cell and the apex, in both wings. Section A. Ertocrernara, Curtis. Section B. Muicropreryx, Hubner. The following is my arrangement of the British species : 3 a Head ferruginous. 1. Calthella. Anterior wings golden, with the base en- tirely purple. Aruncella 2. Anterior wings golden, with the base purple 9. on the costa, $. Anterior wings golden, with two silvery fascize, and a silvery spot. 3. Allionella. Anterior wings purple, with two golden fascie, and a golden spot towards the apex, reaching neither margin. 4.*Subammanella, Anterior wings purple brown, with two yellowish fascize and a yellowish spot. 5. Rubrifasciella. | Anterior wings greenish golden, with a red- dish spot on the costa at the base, a reddish fascia before the middle, and another bifurcate beyond the middle. * I cannot speak confidently of the colour of the head of this species, my unique specimen having met with a misfortune and lost its head; I believe it was ferruginous. 28 Mr. H. T. Stainton’s Monograph of the 8 Head blue-black. 6. Mansvetella. Anterior wings greenish golden, with three very indistinct reddish fasciz. B. a Head grey. ~I . Subpurpurella. Anterior wings greenish golden, with a faint paler spot towards the anal angle. . Semipurpurella. Anterior wings purple, irrorated with pale golden; antenne more than half the length of the anterior wings. . Sparmannella. _ Anterior wings golden, with numerous trans- verse purple fasciz. ios) eo) f& Head dark fuscous. Antenne less than half the length of the anterior wings. 10. Purpurella. Anterior wings golden, with numerous irre- gular purple fasciz, and the veins purple. 11. Unimaculella. Anterior wings golden purple, with a con- spicuous whitish spot at the anal angle. Sp. 1. Calthella, Linneus. (Plate III. fig. 1—4.) Capillis ferrugineis ; alis anticis aureo-brunneis basi purpureo, a costa usque ad marginem interiorem ; alisque (post mortem ) sulcatis. Calthella, Linn. S. N. 895, 422; F. S. 367, 1432; Wien. Ver. 144, 36; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 3, 2, 340; Haworth, Lep. Brit. (a 2 & y 6), 573, 43; Treitschke, ix. 2, 117; Ste- phens, [I]. iv. 361, 18; Duponchel, xi. 401, pl. 302, fig. 6 ; Curtis, Brit. Ent. vol. xvi. folio 751; Zeller, Isis, 1839, p. 185; Zetterstedt, Ins. Lapp. 1008, 12; Eversmann, Fauna Lep. V. U. 587, 2; Stainton, Cat. Tin., p. 8. Pusilella, Hiibner, 341 ? Sulcatella, Bentley, Zoologist, 1086. Exp. alar. ¢ 33 lin., 2 44 lin. Head of the male luteous, of the female ferruginous. Antennz dark fuscous, about half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax golden brown. Abdomen, legs and tarsi dark fuscous, Anterior wings golden brown, with the base purple from the costa to the inner margin; when the insect is dead the wings have a sulcated appearance. (Zeller states that when alive they are even and British Species of the Genus Micropteryzx. 29 smooth; but never having seen the species alive, I cannot verify this statement.) Posterior wings pale grey, the apical half tinted with purple. The larve, which I have no doubt are case- bearers, most probably feed on the Ranunculacee. This species was taken last summer in considerable plenty near Warrington, by Mr. Nicholas Cooke, and also near Huddersfield, by Messrs. Inchbald and Dunning, from whom I received several pairs taken in copula, which enabled me to ascertain the specific distinction between this and aruncella ¢. This distinction consists in the purple at the base of the wing, extending to the inner margin in calthella, whereas in aruncella it never reaches the inner margin. Calthella has also (when dead) a more sulcated appearance. Mr. Bentley first directed the attention of the Entomologists of this country to the existence in this genus of two very closely allied species, which were distinguished by one having the ante- rior wings sulcated, and the other having them smooth, but unfortunately he named the present species afresh as sulcatella, and applied the name calthella to the @ aruncella. It is true he alludes to the sexes of his calthella, but in this there must have been some mistake, and in his description of sulcatella he says, head of the male black; this is only the case when the luteous hairs have been rubbed off, which, as Treitschke mentions, is very frequently the case. Haworth’s calthella is, I have no doubt, our species, from the particular mention of the “ basi lete purpuree ;” his var. ** absque purpureo” may be aruncella @, the calthella of Bentley. The Linnzan insect frequenting the Caltha is, I have no doubt, also the present species, as aruncella shows no particular predi- lection for the Ranunculacee, whereas our species most decidedly is extremely partial to them, though found also on other flowers in their vicinity. In Duponchel’s figures of this genus there is a continuous error of the antennz being represented much too long; this is important, as the extreme shortness of the antenne is a peculiarity of the group; and in some species the relative lengths of the antenne furnish distinctive characters. Sp. 2. *Aruncella, Scopoli. (Plate III. fig. 5, 6.) Capillis ferrugineis ; & alis anticis aureo-brunneis, basi ad costam purpureo, maculd argented transversale ante, fascidque recta argented pone medium, et post hane maculd parvd argented * See Remarks at page 40. 30 Mr. H. T. Stainton’s Monograph of the prope costam; @ alis ant. aureo-brunneis, basi ad costam solim purpureo, zmmaculatis. Aruncella, Scop. Faun. Carn. p. 254, No. 660; Zeller, Is. 1839, 185; Sta. Cat. Tin., p. 9. $ Seppella, Fab, 3, 2, 320; Haw. L. B, 573, 44; Steph. Ill. iv. 362, 20. $ Podevinella, Hbn. 342; Treit. ix. 2,119; Dup, xi. 399, pl. 302, fig. 5. $ Concinnella, Steph. Ill. iv. 361, 19? 2 Calthella, Bentley, Zoologist, 1086. Exp. alar. ¢ 3 lin. @ 4 lin. Head and face ferruginous. Antenne dark fuscous, in the ¢ nearly as long as the anterior wings, in the ¢ about half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax golden brown. Abdomen, legs and tarsi dark fuscous. Anterior wings of the ¢ golden brown or greenish golden, with the costa at the base purple; a little before the middle of the wing is a transverse silvery spot which reaches neither margin, and about the middle of the wing is a silvery fascia placed rather obliquely, it being nearer the base on the costa than on the inner margin; beyond this is a small silvery spot near the costa. Cilia golden brown. Anterior wings of the @ (entirely destitute of the silvery markings) golden-brown, with the costa at the base purple. Posterior wings pale grey, with the apical half tinted with purple. A common species; I have several times found it in plenty,— in a wood near Ambleside and in a lane near Coniston in June, 1846, and on a grassy bank near Carron in June, 1847, when I took several pairs in copula; last year I again took it in the same place. The sexes are so different that they have long been con- sidered as distinct species, although Scopoli appears to have been aware of the several discrepancies. The 2 much resembles calthella, but independent of the wings not being sulcate; the base of the anterior wings is never purple to the inner margin, but only a little way from the costa. The ¢ somewhat resembles swhammanella and Tinea bistrigella, but is distinguished from the former by its more golden anterior wings, silvery spots and fascia, whereas in subammanella there are two entire yellowish fascize on the purple anterior wings. From T. bistrigella it is distinguished by its ferruginous head (Stephens, it is true, says “head black”—this, probably, arises from his descrip- tion being made from a worn specimen, ) and also by the differently coloured anterior and posterior wings; the latter in the Micropteryx being subdiaphanous, and purplish at the apex ; in the Tinea they British Species of the Genus Micropteryz, 31 are opaque, unicolorous, ash-coloured ; besides, in bistrigella the first fascia is entire, and the second arched, and frequently inter- rupted, and also placed more posteriorly than in aruncella ¢. Sp. 3. Allionella, Fabricius. (PI. III. fig. 7.) Capillis ferrugineis ; alis anticis purpureis, fasciis duabus trans- versis aureis, prima recta ante, altera obliqua pone medium, maculaque irregulari aurea juxta costam, apicem versus. Allionella, Fab. 3,2,321; Zell. Isis, 1839,185; Sta. Cat. Tin. 9. Ammanella, Abn. 388; Treit. ix. 2,125? Steph. lust. iv. 362, pl. xli. fig. 2; Zett. Ins. Lapp. 1008, 10 (non Dup.) Exp. alar. 5 lin. Head and face ferruginous. Antenne black, more than half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen, legs and tarsidark fuscous. Anterior wings purple or brownish purple, with a golden fascia nearly straight before the middle, and another placed rather obliquely beyond the middle; midway between this and the apex of the wing is a large irregular gold spot nearer the costa than the inner margin. Posterior wings pale cinereous, with a purple gloss towards the apex. Hitherto a scarce species with us; I have met with it in Torwood, Stirlingshire, in June, but very sparingly, and last summer I beat a single specimen from a mountain-ash, near Airthrey, Stirling- shire. Mr. Douglas took a specimen last May in West- Wickham Wood, and Mr. Dunning met with it among oaks near Hudders- field. Treitschke says of his ammanella, “ only the size of cal- thella ;” he was probably comparing it with the @ calthella, which is much larger than the ¢; he begins his description of Ander- schella (which we know to be the same size as Allionella) by saying “size and form of ammanella.” In Mann’s Catalogue, ammanella, Tr., is placed as distinct from ammanella, Hbn., which led me to imagine that it might be my subammanella, as indeed, if it were the size of calthella $, it probably would be. 4, Subammanella, Stainton. (PI. III. fig. 8.) Alis anticis brunneo-purpureis, fasciis duabus luteis rectis, una ante, altera paulo pone medium, maculaque parva lutea post fasciam secundam ; ciliis fuscis, apice albidis. Subammanella, Sta. Cat. Tin. 9. Exp. alar. 3 lin. Anterior wings purple brown, with two straight yellowish fascize, one near the base, the other a little beyond the middle, and a small 32 Mr. H. T. Stainton’s Monograph of the round yellowish spot immediately beyond the second fascia; cilia fuscous, but at the extreme apex whitish. The above imperfect description is all I am able to give, having had an accident with my unique specimen, of which I have now only the two anterior wings remaining. This specimen I took in Torwood, Stirlingshire, July 18th, 1848, among mixed underwood. From the preceding it is at once distinguished by its size, the straighter fascize, and smaller spot; from Tinea bistrigella, which it more closely resembles, the purple-brown anterior wings and yellowish (not whitish) fascize immediately distinguish it. Zetterstedt has an Adela abalienella (Ins. Lapp. 1008, 9), which is very probably this species; he says, ‘“alz nitide, antice fer- rugineo-fusce, fasciis duabus integris rectis transversis albis, una ante medium et altera in medio—fimbria fusca, summo apice albo.” The position and form of the fascia are here well given, but the colour is white instead of yellowish (thus more appropriate to bistrigella) ; the mention of the apical spot in the cilia also appears to point out the present species, but the spot on the disk is omitted. Sp. 5. Rubrifasciella, Haworth. (PI. III. fig. 9.) Capillis ferrugineis; alis anticis nitidis, viridi-aureis, macula basale rufescente ad costam, fascia obliqua rufescente ante, alteraque duabus furcis, pone medium. Rubrifasciella, Haw. Lep. Brit. 572, 41; Sta. Cat. Tin. p. 9. Hellnigella, Steph. Ilust. iv. 360, 16 (non Hbn.) Anderschella, Dup. xi. 403, pl. 302, fig. 7, (aon Hbn.) Exp. alar. 4 lin. Head and face ferruginous. Antenne black, about half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax purplish. Abdomen, legs and tarsi dark fuscous. Anterior wings very glossy, greenish golden, with a reddish spot on the costa at the base, an oblique reddish fascia a little before the middle (which is nearest the base on the costa and does not reach the inner margin); and beyond the middle another reddish fascia, with two branches, one ter- minating on the costa, the other in a reddish spot towards the apex. Posterior wings pale grey, with a purple tint towards the apex. Not generally a common species; it occurs in May, and appears rather partial to chalky districts. I have met with it on the Dart- ford Heath fence, and Mr. Sircom takes it at Brislington. Haworth has well described this species, but errs in giving Hellnigella, Hbn. as a synonym. British Species of the Genus Micropteryx. 33 Duponchel’s figure and description are very good, but there is some mystery attending his insect, as he says he received it from Herr Fischer von Roslerstamm, under the name of Anderschella, which is inconceivable, as rubrifasciella was not known in Germany in 1839, though Herr Mann now sends us the insect, but with a manuscript name ;° moreover, the true Anderschella (a very beautiful species) is figured and described by Duponchel as ammanella (vol. xi. 404, pl. 302, f. 8), and he says it was sent to him by Herr Fischer von Réslerstamm under that name. Haworth’s Tinea sanguinella, of which he says “ preecedentis (rubrifascielle) forte varietas,” does not belong to this genus; it is the Tortrix rutilana of Hiibner. Haworth’s specimen is in Mr. Stephen's collection. Sp. 6. Mansuetella, Zeller. Capillis atris ; alis anticis aureo-viridis, macula basale ad costam, fascia ante medium, apiceque, rufescentibus, obsoletis. Mansuetella, Zell. Fiinfter Bericht des Schlesischen Tausch- vereins, 1844, p. 16. Exp. alar. 4 lin. Head and face deep black, almost blue black. Antenne black, about half as long as the anterior wings, ‘Thorax, abdomen, legs and tarsi fuscous. Anterior wings greenish golden, with some very indistinct reddish markings, namely, a costal spot at the base, and a fascia before the middle, and the apical half of the wing is entirely reddish; cilia cinereous. Posterior wings pale grey, with the apex purplish; cilia cinereous. Mr. Douglas has two specimens which he took some years back, along with Calthella. From Zeller’s account the species occurs near Glogau, at the same time as Calthella, on Sorbus aucuparia and Spirzea ulmaria. It is readily distinguished from every other known British species of the genus by its deep black head; but independently of this character, it may be recognised by being of the size of Calthella, with the markings on the anterior wings somewhat resembling rubrifasciella, only more indistinct. Sp. 7. Subpurpurella, Haworth. (Pl. III. fig. 10—13, 18.) Capillis cinereis ; alis anticis aureo-viridis, macula pallidiore fere obsoleta ad angulum anale, posticis cinereis apicibus pur- purascentibus. VOL. I. N.S. PART II.—ocT, 1850, D 34 Mr. H. T. Stainton’s Monograph of the Subpurpurella, Haw. Lep. Brit, 571, 87; Steph. Illust. iv. 359, 11; Sta. Cat. Tin. p. 9. Exp. alar. 6 lin, Head and face cinereous. Antenne fuscous, about half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax, abdomen, legs and tarsi fuscous. Anterior wings bright golden green, with a faint ap- pearance of a paler spot at the anal angle, and a still fainter appearance of another midway between this and the apex of the wing; cilia fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with the apex purplish; cilia cinereous. The commonest species of the genus frequenting oaks in May. Its greenish anterior wings distinguish it readily from all its congeners, except Calthella and Aruncella 2 ; from these, however, it is at once distinguished by its size and cinereous head. Haworth gives three varieties, but they appear to have been merely specimens in different degrees of preservation. Sp. 8. Semipurpurella, Stephens. (PI. II. fig. 17.) Capillis cinereis ; alis anticis purpureis aureo-irroratis, maculaque pallida subindistincta ad angulum anale ; antennis longioribus quam dimidium alis anticis. Semipurpurella, Steph. Ill. iv. 359, 12. Solierella, Dup. xi. 407, pl. 302, f. 11? Exp. alar. 5—7 lin. Head and face fuscous, clothed with cinereous hairs, which apparently are easily rubbed off. Antennze dark fuscous, more than half the length of the anterior nings. Thorax, abdomen, legs and tarsi fuscous. Anterior wings purple, with numerous golden irrorations, and generally with a pale golden or whitish spot at the anal angle, not however as distinct as in unimaculella. Posterior wings pale grey, almost transparent, with the apex purplish ; cilia grey. Not a scarce species among birches in March and April; occurring plentifully at West Wickham Wood and other places. The difficulties in the genus begin with this species, which in my Catalogue I have lumped together with purpurella and unima- culella as one species; these are, however, truly distinct, and with fine specimens they are easily separated, though in the ordinary run of specimens found in collections it is no easy matter to say to which they should be referred. One main reason for our specimens being so poor is, that we do not collect them soon enough, they should be sought for in March; by British Species of the Genus Micropteryz. 35 delaying to collect them till April, the specimens become wasted. I have no doubt many might be met with in February in forward seasons. Haworth distinctly states that Mr. Hatchett took two specimens of purpurella in copula in February. Semipurpurella differs from purpurella in being generally larger, in having the hairs of the head cinereous instead of dark fuscous, and in the purple of the anterior wings not being disposed in fasciz or streaks; but it is principally distinguished by having much longer attenne. It differs from wnimaculella also by the greater length of the antenne and by the less distinct spot at the anal angle, and the anterior wings being more irrorated with golden. Sp. 9. Sparmannella, Fabricius. (PI. III. fig. 14.) Capillis cinereis ; alis anticis aureis, numerosis fasciis purpureis irregulariter transversis, ciliis cinereo-luteis fuscisque varus ; ciliis alarum posteriorum lutescentibus. Sparmannella, Fabr. 3, 2, 324; Hbn. 408; Dup. xi. 405, pl. 302, f. 9; Zell. Isis, 1839, p. 185; Sta. Cat. Tin. p. 9. Auropurpurella, Haw. Lep. Brit. 572, 59; Steph. Illust. iv. 260, 14. Exp. alar. 4 lin. Head and face cinereous. Antenne dark fuscous, not half as long as the anterior wings. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs and tarsi pale fuscous, the ends of the joints dark. Anterior wings gold coloured, with numerous irregular transverse purple fascize, the thickest of which is a little beyond the middle, and is furcate on the inner margin; the gold coloured space between its forks, being the largest unicolorous portion of the wing, appears rather conspicuous ; cilia varied yellowish grey and fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, the apical half purple; cilia pale yellowish. A scarce species with us, occurring among birches in May. Mr. Douglas took a specimen at West Wickham Wood last May. Zeller says, ‘from the middle of April to the middle of May, on the twigs of oaks, alders, especially birches.” Sparmannella is not likely to be confounded with any species except purpurella; from this it differs in the hairs of the head being cinereous instead of dark fuscous, in the veins of the anterior wings not being purple, and in the reticulations being more delicate ; in the broader anterior wings having varied cilia, and in the cilia of the posterior wings being yellowish and not cinereous. D2 36 Mr. H.T. Stainton’s Monograph of the Sp. 10. Purpurella, Haworth. (PI. III. fig. 15.) Capillis fuscis ; alis anticis aureis, numerosis fascus irregularibus, venisque purpureis, ciliis cinereo-luteis ; ciltis alarum posticarum cinereis: Purpurella, Haw., Lep. Brit. 571, 38; Steph. Ill. iv. 360, 13; Donzelella, Dup., xi. 408, pl. 302, 12? Exp. alar. 5 lin. Head and face dark fuscous. Antennz fuscous, not half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs and tarsi fuscous. Anterior wings golden with a slight greenish tinge, with numerous irregular purple fascia, and the - veins purple; thus much concealing the ground colour, as in Sparmannella the largest portion of the wing left of the ground colour is at the anal angle; cilia yellowish grey. Posterior wings narrower than in wnimaculella, pale grey, with a slightly purple tint towards the apex; cilia pale grey. Not scarce. Mr. Henry Doubleday writes me word, that in Epping Forest it often swarms on birches at the end of March, along with semipurpurella; and it is owing to his calling my attention to this species and its alies, that I discovered the great blunder I had committed in my Catalogue with regard to them. (I shall always feel much obliged to any entomologist who will call my attention to any point in which he may think I have erred, as it is only by such criticism of one another that truth can be elicited and progress made.) } Purpurella differs from semipurpurella in being smaller, with much shorter antenne, in the hairs of the head being dark fuscous, and in the anterior wings being streaked and veined with purple ; it differs from unimaculella, which it resembles in size, also by the streaking and veining’of the anterior wings, by the anal spot being less conspicuous, and by the posterior wings being narrower and more pointed. The differences between purpurella and Spar- mannella have been already mentioned under the latter species. Haworth’s Tinea rubroaurella (Lep. Brit. 572, 40) is apparently an injured specimen of this species; he says, “ ala anticze rubro sive purpureo-auree ; lente puncto postico aureo, in quo punctu- lum minutum fuscum. In medio marginis tenuioris punctum alium aureum ;” which certainly rather appears as if he had had a spe- cimen of dela fibulella before him, yet the insect in Mr. Stephens’ collection, labelled by Haworth rubro-aurella, is truly a Microp- teryx, and apparently identical with purpurella. “o> British Species of the Genus Micropteryzx. 37 Zetterstedt has an Adela cicatricella (Ins. Lapp. 1008, 13), which may perhaps be this species. He says, “ alis anticis aureo- violaceoque irroratis, posticis purpurascenti griseis 9.” ‘* Ad. Calthella nonnihil major. Alze anticze leeves, nec striatim impresse aureo-pallido-cupreoque undique, crebre irrorate, fimbria grisea; posticzee purpureo-micantes. Tin. Sparmannella, Thunb. et Fab., huic similis, sed illa est fere duplo major et alis anticis aureis punctis striguliformibus transversis undique adspersis, a nostra certe distincta.” This would all appear to point out our purpurella, except the size; but he distinctly says hardly larger than Calthella, and little more than half the size of Sparmannella,—now our insect is as large as Sparmannella and nearly twice the size of Calthella. Zeller’s fastuosella (Isis, 1839, p. 185) must also come very near purpurella ; he says, “very like Sparmannella, but certainly distinct ; larger, the wings narrower, with fine violet and steel- blue scales, the posterior wings paler; flies after the beginning of May, near Glogau, on old blooming sloe-bushes.” Sp. 11. Unimaculella, Zetterstedt. (PI. III. fig. 16.) Capillis fuscis; alis anticis aureo-purpureis, macula albida ad angulum anale. Unimaculella, Zett., Ins. Lapp. 1008, 11; “ale antic pur- pureo-aureze, macula ad angulum ani alba.” Exp. alar. 5 lin. Head and face dark fuscous, almost black. Antenne dark fuscous, about half the length of the anterior wings. Thorax, abdomen, legs and tarsi dark fuscous. Anterior wings greenish- golden with a purple gloss, with a conspicuous whitish spot (slightly curved outwardly) on the inner margin at the anal angle; cilia grey. Posterior wings broader than in the preceding, pale grey, with the apex purple; cilia grey. Scarce with us at present; most of the specimens I have seen have occurred in the north of England. Mr. Douglas took a specimen at West Wickham Wood last April; it probably also appears in March, Unimaculella is distinguished from semipurpurella by its smaller size, shorter antenne, darker head, and paler spot at the anal angle of the anterior wings. In size it resembles purpurella, but here again it is at once recognised by its paler spot at the anal angle, and by the want of the purple fascize and veins, and by the broader posterior wings. Duponchel has an Adela unipunctella (xi, 370, pl. 302, fig. 10); 38 Mr. H.T. Stainton’s Monograph of the but in that, the spot is in the centre of the wing, not on the inner margin, and I strongly suspect his insect was a true Adela, but unfortunately the antennz were broken off from the only specimen he had seen, so that we have no certain knowledge on that point. Duponchel’s figures of this and Donzelella look rather singular from the paint used for the white spots having turned black. I here conclude this imperfect essay, which will, I hope, lead to the investigation of the habits and transformations of our known species, and also to the discovery of new ones. I have not included the continental species in this memoir, although we have several new to us from Herr Mann, as only one of those, Anderschella, Hbn. Tr., is described; the others will probably be described in Zeller’s paper on the Microptera taken in Tuscany by Herr Mann, which paper was commenced in the July number of the Zeitung of the Entomological Society of Stettin. List of THE NAMES OF SPECIES REFERRED TO. PAGE POmmerella, (APU vest esac ca cca eae eae eee Oe AlKonela hab. eac oe 6 eects cys oa wemene on Amimanella, Hba.. 3% scces sce < Bieta o bye ert chests 31 Prnonmane la Wp. a amici aie vies ees «ates e | OO Anderschella; sD ups ies sici yes oi0o'* eo blnja'e eietwte'e 32 Poruncella; Scops 441i \.fe'naisieWiess » bes ole wes 29 Auro-purpurella, Haw. .eccocsecrsccssaes 35 Calthella, Linn..... ete vern kine oGidia station de 28 Calthella, Bentley ..........4. ne, stove rela ee - 380 Cicatricella, Zett........ Oh Shel see Mate accile 37 Conciniella; Stephii'. s.).05 64 eke. ' Sisitee e130 Donzelella, Dup. . owiss seve sic evisv es decisis 36 Fastnosella; Zell, wince i.e wet ake She ath hehe 37 Hellwnigella, Steph ii ies. se vicislds Glas sisi oe B2 Mansnctella,: Heth. -so's bahee, sates Woes te OS Podévinella, ba.) iiss sees ess cep ee sees 30 Purputella; Hawes fo5 ss sai ce/stsate eis’. = 8 56 Pusilellay Himsa sleceaeattes i ceva ee oa 928 Rubritascielia, eae is 6.06 idee Sess celaleies S588 Rubro-aurellasawe (cls Mo nes lee’. owe weeds soe Sanguinella, Haw. ......... gate ein ete 33 Semipurpurella, St......... sinjeia's a's ois sistas 34 Peppellaj Mab, sites swam tet wl wn ess cs 8 A er) “ee a. British Species of the Genus Micropteryzx. 39 List of the Names of Species referred to—continued. PAGE SolierellapDuns) Jos cs sone sich 40 os